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=====Other Nouns===== | =====Other Nouns===== | ||
ka-hai-na korzi (His dog | ka-hai-na korzi ha=bulet odjo. (His dog seized the fox) | ||
Kenyé: korzi havulet odjo | |||
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Junyé:na glay (ji-ula-nai-na kilái) | Junyé:na glay (ji-ula-nai-na kilái) | ||
Various suffixes, such as the past tense suffix ''-hai'' triggers mutation in many nouns, although the type of mutation that surfaces depends on neighbouring or even long-distance morphemes (e.g. when the allomorph ''hai'' co-occurs as a particle in sentence-final position), which part of a constituent phrase the noun occupies (i.e. head or non-head), among others. In the first example, ''korzi'' does not undergo mutation after the genitive ''-na'', whereas ''kilái'' undergoes voiced fortition. | |||
Some nouns exhibit no mutation, particularly those denoting human beings. | |||
====Number==== | ====Number==== | ||