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 ====Tonal patterns of nominals====
-Every noun falls under one of three tonal paradigms.
+Every noun falls under one of four tonal paradigms.
-*''kanûar'' ('sitting'): The most common paradigm, the downstep remains stationary, except as required by downstep rules or in the presence of the downstep-attracting absolute possession suffixes.
+#''kanǔar'' ('sitting'): The most common paradigm, the downstep remains stationary, except as required by downstep rules or in the presence of the downstep-attracting absolute possession suffixes.
-*''šanŧîel'' ('shunning/evading'): The downstep is never on the suffix.
+#''šanŧǐel'' ('shunning/evading'): The downstep is never on the suffix.
+#('standing')
+#''gánħāŋém'' ('skipping/tumbling'): The downstep is one mora before the boundary of the suffix in the base form, and moves to the desinence upon inflection by a definite suffix.
 ====Irregular nouns====