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*Conjunct: {{sc|*possessum-suffix<nowiki>=</nowiki>classifier possessor}} ("house-of-hers, [classifier] of Mary")
*Conjunct: {{sc|*possessum-suffix<nowiki>=</nowiki>classifier possessor}} ("house-of-hers, [classifier] of Mary")


By corollary the absolute possessed forms have non-final downstep, and the unpossessed and conjunct forms have the same pattern the choice of which is lexically determined. The classifier patterns also mean that that the same word may have different connotations based on the tone pattern.
By corollary the absolute possessed forms have non-final downstep, and the unpossessed and conjunct forms have the same pattern the choice of which is lexically determined.
 
Adjectives will agree with the tonal pattern of the nouns they modify.


====Irregular nouns====
====Irregular nouns====