Editing Quechuan languages (section)

===Nouns===
Like pronouns, they are genderless. There are no articles either. [[Noun]] roots accept suffixes that indicate [[grammatical number|number]], [[grammatical case|case]], and the [[grammatical person|person]] of a [[possession (linguistics)|possessor]]. In general, the possessive suffix precedes that of number. In the [[Santiago del Estero]] variety, however, the order is reversed.<ref>{{cite web
|first = Jorge R.
|last = Alderetes
|title = Morfología nominal del quechua santiagueño
|year = 1997
|url = http://usuarios.arnet.com.ar/yanasu/Cap3-1.htm
|access-date = 2008-01-21
|archive-date = 2017-10-11
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171011125336/http://usuarios.arnet.com.ar/yanasu/Cap3-1.htm
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> From variety to variety, suffixes may change. The use of the ''-kuna'' plural suffix is largely facultative in nouns, like in many languages where number indication is optional.

{| style="margin:auto;"  class="wikitable"
|+ Examples using the word ''wasi'' (house)
! colspan=2 | Function
! Suffix
! Example
! (translation)
|-
| suffix indicating number
| plural
| -kuna
| wasi'''kuna'''
| houses
|-
| rowspan=7 | possessive suffix
| 1.person singular
| -y, -:
| wasi'''y''', wasi'''i'''
| my house
|-
| ''2.person singular''
| -yki
| wasi'''yki'''
| your house
|-
| ''3.person singular''
| -n
| wasi'''n'''
| his/her/its house
|-
| ''1.person plural (incl)''
| -nchik
| wasi'''nchik'''
| our house (incl.)
|-
| ''1.person plural (excl)''
| -y-ku
| wasi'''yku'''
| our house (excl.)
|-
| ''2.person plural''
| -yki-chik
| wasi'''ykichik'''
| your (pl.) house
|-
| ''3.person plural''
| -n-ku
| wasi'''nku'''
| their house
|-
| rowspan=18 | suffixes indicating case
| [[Nominative case|nominative]]
| –
| wasi
| the house (subj.)
|-
| [[Accusative case|accusative]]
| -(k)ta
| wasi'''ta'''
| the house (obj.)
|-
| [[Instrumental case|instrumental]]
| -wan
| wasi'''wan'''
| with the house, and the house
|-
| [[Abessive case|abessive]]
| -naq/-nax/-naa
| wasi'''naq'''
| without the house
|-
| [[Dative case|dative]]/[[Benefactive case|benefactive]]
| -paq/-pax/-paa
| wasi'''paq'''
| to/for the house
|-
| [[Genitive case|genitive]]
| -p(a)
| wasi'''p(a)'''
| of the house
|-
| [[Causative case|causative]]
| -rayku
| wasi'''rayku'''
| because of the house
|-
| [[Locative case|locative]]
| -pi
| wasi'''pi'''
| at the house
|-
| [[Allative case|directional]]
| -man
| wasi'''man'''
| towards the house
|-
| [[Inclusive case|inclusive]]
| -piwan, puwan
| wasi'''piwan''', wasi'''puwan'''
| including the house
|-
| [[Terminative case|terminative]]
| -kama, -yaq
| wasi'''kama''', wasi'''yaq'''
| up to the house
|-
| [[Perlative case|transitive]]
| -(ni)nta
| wasi'''nta'''
| through the house
|-
| [[Ablative case|ablative]]
| -manta, -piqta, -pu
| wasi'''manta''', wasi'''piqta'''
| off/from the house
|-
| [[Comitative case|comitative]]
| -(ni)ntin
| wasi'''ntin'''
| along with the house
|-
| [[Immediate case|immediate]]
| -raq/-rax/-raa
| wasi'''raq'''
| first the house
|-
| [[Intrative case|intrative]]
| -pura
| wasi'''pura'''
| among the houses
|-
| [[Exclusive case|exclusive]]
| -lla(m)
| wasi'''lla(m)'''
| only the house
|-
| [[Comparative case|comparative]]
| -naw, -hina
| wasi'''naw''', wasi'''hina'''
| than the house
|}