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*''-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'' (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)" | ||
**Attributive verbs always in the 3SM when used with ''-m''. | |||
===Attributives=== | ===Attributives=== | ||