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 ===Nouns===
 ====Class====
 There are 9 inherent [[w:noun class|noun class]]es in the Kiwi language. These do to some extent govern [[w:obviation|obviation]], and [[w:agreement (linguistics)|agreement]] with adjectives. They are mainly dependent upon size and edibility.
-*I - ''edible but holy animates; humans, domestic animals''
+{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
-*II - ''big animate edibles; big animals''
+|-
-*III - ''small edibles; plants, fish''
+! Class !! Prefix !!
-*IV - ''big inedibles; objects''
+|-
-*V - ''small inedibles''
+| I || ''ki-'' ||''edible but holy animates; humans, domestic animals''
-*VI - '' big shapeless inedibles; ocean, cloud''
+|-
-*VII - ''shapeless inedibles; water, mud, rope''
+| II || ''mahā-'' || ''big animate edibles; big animals''
-*VIII - ''abstractions, concepts, as well as titles''
+|-
-*IX - ''bodyparts, extremities''
+| III || ''mē-'' || ''small edibles; plants, fish''
+|-
+| IV || ''we-'' || ''big inedibles; objects''
+|-
+| V || ''wīʻa-'' || ''small inedibles''
+|-
+| VI || ''tāʻi-'' || '' big shapeless inedibles; ocean, cloud''
+|-
+| VII || ''etē-''|| ''shapeless inedibles; water, mud, rope''
+|-
+| VIII || ''yi-'' || ''abstractions, concepts, as well as titles''
+|-
+| IX || ''tāne-'' || ''bodyparts, extremities''
+|}
+Since the classes are relatively defined, it is not morphologically marked which class a noun belongs to. The prefixes are instead fixed on nouns to derive adjectives and adverbs. And epenthic glottal stop, <ʻ> is added if two vowels collide.
+Word order is most often irrelevant, since Kiwi is more or less [[w:Non-configurationality|non-configurational]]. See ''[[Kiwi#Syntax|Syntax]]'' for further information.
+{{Gloss
+|phrase = rānaʻ
+|IPA = /raːˈnɑʔ/
+|morphemes = rānaʻ
+|gloss = beauty.c8.PA
+|translation = beauty
+}}
+{{Gloss
+|phrase = {{c|ōri}} kirānaʻ
+|IPA = /oːˈrɪ kɪraːˈnɑʔ/
+|morphemes = ōri ki-rānaʻ
+|gloss = girl.c1.PA  ADZ.c1-beauty.c8.PA
+|translation = beautiful girl
+}}
+{{Gloss
+|phrase = yi'{{c|ōri}} rānaʻ
+|IPA = /jɪʔoːˈrɪ raːˈnɑʔ/
+|morphemes = yi-ōri rānaʻ
+|gloss = ADZ.c8-girl.c1.PA  beauty.c8.PA
+|translation = girly beauty
+}}
+Pluralisation works as usual, and adjectivized nouns are simply pluralised before the class prefix is attached. See ''[[Kiwi#Plural|Plural]]'' for further information.
+{{Gloss
+|phrase = {{c|ʻūluna}} tāʻikulāʻ
+|IPA = /ʔuːluˈnɑ taːʔɪkuˈlaːʔ/
+|morphemes = ʻūluna tāʻi-kulāʻ
+|gloss = ocean.c6.PA  ADZ.c6-darkness.c8.PA
+|translation = dark ocean
+}}
+{{Gloss
+|phrase = {{c|ʻuhūluna}} tāʻikekulāʻ
+|IPA = /ʔuhuːluˈnɑ taːʔɪkəkuˈlaːʔ/
+|morphemes = ʻu~hūluna tāʻi-ke~kulāʻ
+|gloss = PL~ocean.c6  ADZ.c6-PL~darkness.c8
+|translation = dark oceans
+}}
 ====Number====