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Not every noun has all three forms. If there is no unmarked form, the singulative and plural are used for singular and plural respectively. Some uncountable nouns are always in the plural (pluralia tantum) - e.g. ''bisheeya'' "water". | Not every noun has all three forms. If there is no unmarked form, the singulative and plural are used for singular and plural respectively. Some uncountable nouns are always in the plural (pluralia tantum) - e.g. ''bisheeya'' "water". | ||
====Diminutives and Augmentatives==== | |||
The diminutive is formed with the suffixes ''-icha'' (m.)/ ''-itti'' (f.). Note that these suffixes may also be used for the singulative. | |||
The augmentative is formed with the suffix ''-oowa'' (takes gender of noun), with the singulative ''-ooka'' (m.)/ ''-ooti'' (f.). | |||
===Determiners=== | ===Determiners=== | ||