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: ''nu_'' (1<sup>st</sup>-person) ⇒ ''nua'' "I am" (copulative)
: ''nu_'' (1<sup>st</sup>-person) ⇒ ''nua'' "I am" (copulative)


Regarding the demarcations of gender and number, the singular, dual, and plural in the masculine are prototypically represented by ''-u'', ''-au'', ''-ū'', and in the feminine by ''-i'', ''-ai'', and ''-ī'' .  
Regarding the demarcations of gender and number, the singular, dual, and plural in the masculine are prototypically represented by ''-u'', ''-au'', and ''-ū'', whereas in the feminine by ''-i'', ''-ai'', and ''-ī''. The masculine, in special, can often be left unmarked in the singular (∅), due the phonetic coincidence with the nominative ''-u''; plus


The same process that reduces into a diptote scheme for gender:
The same process that reduces into a diptote scheme for gender: