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# Morphemically ''buney-'', as the vocative of ''-a'' nouns is the stem without the final ''-a''; as per regular saṃdhi, syllable-final ''ey'' becomes ''ī''. | # Morphemically ''buney-'', as the vocative of ''-a'' nouns is the stem without the final ''-a''; as per regular saṃdhi, syllable-final ''ey'' becomes ''ī''. | ||
The following declensions - ''-i, -u, -o, -e, -ä'' have their final vowel as part of the stem, and it is regularly kept throughout the declension. ''-e'' stems are therefore different from the consonant stems (which end in ''-e'' in their citation form), but are a very small number of nouns, mainly proper nouns (as are, furthermore, nearly all ''-o'' stems). | The following declensions - ''-i, -u, -o, -e, -ä'' have their final vowel as part of the stem, and it is regularly kept throughout the declension. ''-e'' stems are therefore different from the consonant stems (which end in ''-e'' in their citation form), but are a very small number of nouns, mainly proper nouns<ref>The few e-stem common nouns in general usage include, however, frequently used words such as most notably ''eme'' "star", ''hāreṇe'' "dawn", or ''lilene'' "clan".</ref> (as are, furthermore, nearly all ''-o'' stems). | ||
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