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** '''''[[Contionary: tetzavà#Modern Standard Imperial|tetzavà]]''''' ‘cyborg’ → '''''kvètetzava''''' ‘cyborgs’ (not **''kvètètzava'', using the irregular plural of '''''tè''''' or **''tetetzava'' using the regular masculine plural) | ** '''''[[Contionary: tetzavà#Modern Standard Imperial|tetzavà]]''''' ‘cyborg’ → '''''kvètetzava''''' ‘cyborgs’ (not **''kvètètzava'', using the irregular plural of '''''tè''''' or **''tetetzava'' using the regular masculine plural) | ||
* '''''[[Contionary: yìr#Modern Standard Imperial|yìr]]''''' ‘thing’ → '''''kveyir''''' ‘things’ (not **''kve yìr'') | * '''''[[Contionary: yìr#Modern Standard Imperial|yìr]]''''' ‘thing’ → '''''kveyir''''' ‘things’ (not **''kve yìr'') | ||
=====Dual Nouns===== | |||
Some non-masculine nouns, particularly those referring to body parts which come in pairs, use masculine-type reduplication when referring explicitly to the paired sense, and '''''[[Contionary: kve#Modern Standard Imperial|kve]]''''' otherwise. E.g. '''''beblizh''''' specifically means ‘a pair of eyes’ while '''''kve [[Contionary: blizh#Modern Standard Imperial|blizh]]''''' means any ‘eyes’ more generally. | |||