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I'm not sure I like the above. What I wanted was what noobish me made with these tables:
		COL		PL	COL-PL		NLR
NOM	dôna	dômhia		dôua	dômhiua		dôrua
ACC	dô	dômhi		dôu	dômhiu		dôru
POS*	do	dômh		dô	dômhi		dôr
DAT	dômbeᴴ	dômhibeᴴ	dôubheᴴ	dômhiubheᴴ	dôrubeᴴ
PREP	dôn	dômhi		dôu	dômhiu		dôru
TEM	dôm	dômhi		dôu	dômhiu		dôru
LOC	dôm	dômhif		dôuḟ	dômhiuḟ		dôruf
VOC	dôy	dômhiy		dôuẏ	dômhiuẏ		dôruy


*genitive (combining form) triggers in plural

			COL		PL		COL-PL
NOM	ribhlóna	ribhlómhia	ribhlóua	ribhlómhiua
ACC	ribhló		ribhlómhi	ribhlóu		ribhlómhiu
POS*	ribh		ribhlómh	ribhló		ribhlómhi
DAT	ribhlómbeḟ	ribhlómhibeḟ	ribhlóubheḟ	ribhlómhiubheḟ
PREP	ribhlón		ribhlómhi	ribhlóu		ribhlómhiu
TEM	ribhlóm		ribhlómhi	ribhlóu		ribhlómhiu
LOC	ribhlómh	ribhlómhif	ribhlóuḟ	ribhlómhiuḟ
VOC	ribhlóy		ribhlómhiy	ribhlóuẏ	ribhlómhiuẏ

nomew > dobhé
wôrmôw > loró
nāmvon > ámbo
		aorist		progressive	immediate
_________________________________________________________
	1	dómbhelhé	lórolé		ámbonhé
	2	dómbhelhín	lóroli		ámbonhín
Prs	3A	dómbhella	lórolla		ámbodhla
	3I	dómbhelhrímh	lórolli		ámbodhri
_______	4	dobhé		lóro		ámbo
	1	dobhélhé	lorólé		abóndhé
	2	dobhélhín	loróli		abóndhín
Fut	3A	dobhélla	lorólla		abóndhla
	3I	dómbhelli	lorólli		ámbodhri
_______	4	dómbhe		loró		ámbo
	1	dobhélbhê	lorólbê		abónnê
	2	dobhélbheín	lorólbei	abónneín
Past	3A	dobhélbhela	lorólbela	abónnela
	3I	dómbhelbhéri	lorólberi	ámbonhéri
_______	4	dómbhelbhe	lorólbe		ámbonhe


Because they are pretty.

On the other hand, I would like to consider Proto-Sylgwn.

Suppose Elmin's vowel system was actually a result of ATR: so /e V u/ with ATR, /E a o/ without, and /i 1/ are neutral. This probably isn't how ATR works, but I'm rolling with it anyway.

NC > C. NN > N' (the ' marks fortis, idk what it is.)

ATR correlates with breathy voice, so following stops become breathy-voiced > devoiced. This probably isn't how things work either, but I am beyond caring right now.

I think the vowel system right now does a Tocharian. Perhaps even identically, except that I also want to pull a labialization contrast out of there.

Syncope affects every other syllable; the stressed syllable is the one that is not syncoped.

NC > CC, so now we have /p p: p:' b b: b:'/. The outcome of this varies per position, however:
/p p: p:' b b: b:'/ > /p b b f pʼ pʼ/
/t t: t:' d d: d:'/ > /t t t d tʼ tʼ/
/k k: k:' g g: g:'/ > /ĉ k q ĵ kʼ qʼ/
This is about what Proto-Sylgwn should look like - a bastardized NWC. It's not perfect yet, though. (Where does *g come from? It does need to exist.)