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: ''riwalucia'' (revolution) → ''riwaluciaëmi'' [-tɕi(j)emi] (revolutions) | : ''riwalucia'' (revolution) → ''riwaluciaëmi'' [-tɕi(j)emi] (revolutions) | ||
: ''xuturaitelixutuwo'' (construction site) → ''xuturaitelixutuwoëmi'' [-wemi] (construction sites) | : ''xuturaitelixutuwo'' (construction site) → ''xuturaitelixutuwoëmi'' [-wemi] (construction sites) | ||
Some words of foreign, especially French, origin, are invariable, as for example all month and weekday names. The word ''tawarich'' (comrade) uses the Russian plural ''tawarichi'' when used as a vocative, and ''tawarichemi'' otherwise. | Some words of foreign, especially French, origin, are invariable, as for example all month and weekday names. The word ''tawarich'' (comrade) uses the Russian plural ''tawarichi'' when used as a vocative, and ''tawarichemi'' otherwise.<br/>''Rubuli'' "ruble" (also the name of the Tameï currency) always has the plural ''rubuley'', taken from the Russian genitive plural. | ||
The ''-emi'' suffix is, for native words, used for many ''-i'' and ''-u'' nouns, in the latter case usually forming ''-wemi'': | The ''-emi'' suffix is, for native words, used for many ''-i'' and ''-u'' nouns, in the latter case usually forming ''-wemi'': | ||