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aquatic: -t, -tú, -tá | aquatic: -t, -tú, -tá | ||
constructs: solar sg drops the i, lunar sg changes the -an to -á, terrestrial changes -í to - | constructs: solar sg drops the i, lunar sg changes the -an to -á, terrestrial changes -í to -ay, du and pl change the -ú/-á to an -ó | ||
ay, du and pl change the -ú/-á to an -ó | |||
====Vowel-reducing paradigms==== | ====Vowel-reducing paradigms==== | ||
The largest class of vowel-reducing nouns have ''á'' or ''é'' between the first and second radicals that reduces to ''a''/''e'' (harmonizing with the frontness of following vowel; ''i'' after a ''y'') when a suffix is added. | The largest class of vowel-reducing nouns have ''á'' or ''é'' between the first and second radicals that reduces to ''a''/''e'' (harmonizing with the frontness of following vowel; ''i'' after a ''y'') when a suffix is added. |