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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> Class prefixes of the form Cï- are metathesized to ''ïC-'' before stems beginning in ''C-'' (where ''C'' refers to the consonant in the prefix). Note that for the purposes of this metathesis, labialized velars are treated as their plain counterparts and vice versa - i.e. metathesis of the class 15 and 17 prefixes occurs whether the stem begins in ''g-'' or ''gw-'', and in both cases the stem consonant merges with the stem-initial consonant. | <small><sup>3</sup></small> Class prefixes of the form Cï- are metathesized to ''ïC-'' before stems beginning in ''C-'' (where ''C'' refers to the consonant in the prefix). Note that for the purposes of this metathesis, labialized velars are treated as their plain counterparts and vice versa - i.e. metathesis of the class 15 and 17 prefixes occurs whether the stem begins in ''g-'' or ''gw-'', and in both cases the stem consonant merges with the stem-initial consonant. Note that the class 17 prefix does not metathesize when it is used as a preposition/case prefix. | ||
<small><sup>4</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> ⁿ- = initial fortition<!--. The initial consonant of class 9 & 10 nouns/adjectives is geminated when a prefix ending in a weak vowel is added.--> | ||