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*''hulin'' "woman" has both a regular plural (''hulin''), used in a wider scope (e.g. ''chlouvānumi hulin'' "Chlouvānem women") and an irregular plural (''hilāni'') used in other contexts (e.g. ''nanā hilāni'' "those women there"). | *''hulin'' "woman" has both a regular plural (''hulin''), used in a wider scope (e.g. ''chlouvānumi hulin'' "Chlouvānem women") and an irregular plural (''hilāni'') used in other contexts (e.g. ''nanā hilāni'' "those women there"). | ||
* ''resan'' "pig" and ''liken'' "arm" both have irregular plurals with vowel change: ''ryasan'' and ''læcin'' respectively. | * ''resan'' "pig" and ''liken'' "arm" both have irregular plurals with vowel change: ''ryasan'' and ''læcin'' respectively. | ||
* ''ås'' "ford, crossing of a small river" has the stem ''av-'' in all pre-vocalic forms (e.g. plural ''ave''). | |||
* ''švas'' "animal (including humans)" pluralizes as ''švai'', as if it were a parrot noun; all cases except for direct and vocative are however regular. | * ''švas'' "animal (including humans)" pluralizes as ''švai'', as if it were a parrot noun; all cases except for direct and vocative are however regular. | ||
* There are some pluralia tantum: ''pārye'' “hair”, ''kāraṇḍhai'' “guts”, ''hamvyenī'' "nursery"<ref>''hamvyenī'' is also the regular plural of ''hamvyoe'' with the meaning "cradle(s)".</ref> and all ethnonyms; also ''agṇyaucai'' (perfect exterior participle, parrot plural, of ''gṇyauke'' “to give birth”) when used with the meaning of “sons and daughters”. | * There are some pluralia tantum: ''pārye'' “hair”, ''kāraṇḍhai'' “guts”, ''hamvyenī'' "nursery"<ref>''hamvyenī'' is also the regular plural of ''hamvyoe'' with the meaning "cradle(s)".</ref> and all ethnonyms; also ''agṇyaucai'' (perfect exterior participle, parrot plural, of ''gṇyauke'' “to give birth”) when used with the meaning of “sons and daughters”. | ||