A noun form is any string of words that can appear as an argument to a verb form. In Toaq, this can be:
- a determiner phrase like cáo the season or ké pıo that one rock or tú everything or gú ë gıtoı súq jí the two times you treated me well;
- a pronoun like máq it (inanimate) or hụ́la the aforementioned lä-clause;
- a complementizer phrase starting with
(aka a subclause) like ꝡä nıtı súq that you are here or mä loq río if it [the air]’s hot or lä sı báq bụzao puı já to be stared at by many strangers; - any conjunction of any of the above like jí róı súq me and you;
- any focus phrase wrapping any of the above like tó dóte only the gift.
We use the phrase noun form in place of noun, noun phrase, argument for reasons of clarity – see technical discussion at Verb form, noun form.