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| ⁿ-; - || ĵï- || ĵo- || colspan="2" | ĵi- || ⁿ- || Plural of classes 9 & 11 | | ⁿ-; -<small><sup>3</sup></small> || ĵï- || ĵo- || colspan="2" | ĵi- || ⁿ- || Plural of classes 9 & 11 | ||
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<small><sup>2</sup></small> Productive meanings are marked with an asterisk. | <small><sup>2</sup></small> Productive meanings are marked with an asterisk. | ||
<small><sup>3</sup></small> ⁿ- = initial fortition | <small><sup>3</sup></small> ⁿ- = initial fortition. The initial consonant of class 9 & 10 nouns/adjectives is geminated when a prefix ending in a weak vowel is added. | ||
<small><sup>4</sup></small> Metathesized to ''ïw-'' before stems beginning in ''w-''. | <small><sup>4</sup></small> Metathesized to ''ïw-'' before stems beginning in ''w-''. | ||
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:e.g. ''gä-'' + ''zíchä'' → ጌጨ ''géchä'' or ገዚጨ ''gäzíchä'' "little eye" | :e.g. ''gä-'' + ''zíchä'' → ጌጨ ''géchä'' or ገዚጨ ''gäzíchä'' "little eye" | ||
::''bä-'' + ''zíchä'' → በዚጨ ''bäzíchä'' (NOT *ቤጨ ''béchä'') "in (an) eye" | ::''bä-'' + ''zíchä'' → በዚጨ ''bäzíchä'' (NOT *ቤጨ ''béchä'') "in (an) eye" | ||
::''bä-'' + ''lä-'' "the" + inanimate concord + ''-ngólä'' "red" + ''zíchä'' → በለጎለ ዚጨ '' | ::''bä-'' + ''lä-'' "the" + inanimate concord + ''-ngólä'' "red" + ''zíchä'' → በለጎለ ዚጨ ''bäläggólä zíchä'' "in the red eye" <!-- ngola were low --> | ||
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