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Formed with the suffix ''-láaba'' "-fold" (from the noun ''laaba (f.)'' "fold") attached to the unaccented dependent form of the numeral - e.g. ''lammalaaba'' "two-fold" | Formed with the suffix ''-láaba'' "-fold" (from the noun ''laaba (f.)'' "fold") attached to the unaccented dependent form of the numeral - e.g. ''lammalaaba'' "two-fold" | ||
====Nominalizers==== | ====Nominalizers==== | ||
These are clitic nominals that attach to the previous word and act as its head. | These are clitic nominals that attach to the previous word and act as its head. In the affirmative, they do not affect the word's accent. In the negative, the accent on ''ma'' is shifted to the penultimate syllable. This only applies to the absolutive; other cases change accent regularly. | ||
*''-n''<!-- (''f.''; Nom.: ''-ní''; Gen: ''-́ni'')-->: Used to nominalize verbs. The verb is placed in the subordinate - e.g. ''rubdóonan'' "that they live"; ''ku | *''-n''<!-- (''f.''; Nom.: ''-ní''; Gen: ''-́ni'')-->: Used to nominalize verbs. The verb is placed in the subordinate - e.g. ''rubdóonan'' "that they live"; ''ku mayarkínon'' "that he did not see you" | ||
*''-m''<!-- (''m.''; Nom.: ''-mí''; Gen: ''-́mi'')-->: Used as a head for otherwise headless attributives. It can often be roughly translated to "one". Its meaning overlaps with the indefinite pronoun, but ''-m'' is more general and cannot be used without a modifier - e.g. ''kíishim'' "mine"; ''dhéerem'' "tall (one)" | *''-m''<!-- (''m.''; Nom.: ''-mí''; Gen: ''-́mi'')-->: Used as a head for otherwise headless attributives. It can often be roughly translated to "one". Its meaning overlaps with the indefinite pronoun, but ''-m'' is more general and cannot be used without a modifier - e.g. ''kíishim'' "mine"; ''dhéerem'' "tall (one)" | ||
**When the attributive ends in a consonant, an epenthetic ''-i-'' is inserted - e.g. ''labim'' "male (one)" | **When the attributive ends in a consonant, an epenthetic ''-i-'' is inserted - e.g. ''labim'' "male (one)" | ||