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Inanimate nouns require classifiers when numerated unless another unit word is applied (for example ''më⁵ yïy xwenxat¹'' "two waters," but ''më⁵ łëkla³ xwenxat¹'' "two bowls of water" rather than ''*më⁵ yïy łëkla³ xwenxat¹''); when a unit word other than a classifier is used, numerals do not agree with the unit word (so ''më⁵ łëkla³ xwenxat¹'' rather than ''*xwa³ łëkla³ xwenxat¹''). Classifiers can also be applied without a numerator to nonhuman nouns as plural markers.
Inanimate nouns require classifiers when numerated unless another unit word is applied (for example ''më⁵ yïy xwenxat¹'' "two waters," but ''më⁵ łëkla³ xwenxat¹'' "two bowls of water" rather than ''*më⁵ yïy łëkla³ xwenxat¹''); when a unit word other than a classifier is used, numerals do not agree with the unit word (so ''më⁵ łëkla³ xwenxat¹'' rather than ''*xwa³ łëkla³ xwenxat¹'').
 
Classifiers can also be applied without a numerator to nonhuman nouns as plural markers.


===Derivational morphology===
===Derivational morphology===