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* '''''[[Contionary: atze#Modern Standard Imperial|atze]]''''' ‘island’ → '''''kvatze''''' ‘islands’ | * '''''[[Contionary: atze#Modern Standard Imperial|atze]]''''' ‘island’ → '''''kvatze''''' ‘islands’ | ||
====Irregular & Suppletive Nouns==== | ====Irregular & Suppletive Nouns==== | ||
Several of the most common nouns have irregular plurals. Some of the most common are: | |||
* '''''[[Contionary: òla#Modern Standard Imperial|òla]]''''' ‘father’ → '''''kvòla''''' ‘fathers’ (not **''kvola'') | * '''''[[Contionary: òla#Modern Standard Imperial|òla]]''''' ‘father’ → '''''kvòla''''' ‘fathers’ (not **''kvola'') | ||
* '''''[[Contionary: pàn#Modern Standard Imperial|pàn]]''''' ‘child’ → '''''pepàn''''' ‘children’ (not **''kve pàn'') | * '''''[[Contionary: pàn#Modern Standard Imperial|pàn]]''''' ‘child’ → '''''pepàn''''' ‘children’ (not **''kve pàn'') | ||
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** '''''[[Contionary: arratè#Modern Standard Imperial|arratè]]''''' ‘hunter’ → '''''kv'''arrat'''è''''' | ** '''''[[Contionary: arratè#Modern Standard Imperial|arratè]]''''' ‘hunter’ → '''''kv'''arrat'''è''''' | ||
** '''''[[Contionary: lurkatè#Modern Standard Imperial|lurkatè]]''''' ‘murderer’ → '''''kvè'''lurkat'''è''''' | ** '''''[[Contionary: lurkatè#Modern Standard Imperial|lurkatè]]''''' ‘murderer’ → '''''kvè'''lurkat'''è''''' | ||
** '''''[[Contionary: shatviarratè#Modern Standard Imperial|shatviarratè]]''''' ‘investigator’ → ''shatvi'''kv''' | ** '''''[[Contionary: shatviarratè#Modern Standard Imperial|shatviarratè]]''''' ‘investigator’ → ''shatvi'''kv'''arra'''tè''''' | ||
** '''''[[Contionary: shatvietè#Modern Standard Imperial|shatvietè]]''''' ‘teacher’ → '''''she'''shatvie'''tè''''', '''''but''''' | ** '''''[[Contionary: shatvietè#Modern Standard Imperial|shatvietè]]''''' ‘teacher’ → '''''she'''shatvie'''tè''''', '''''but''''' | ||
** '''''[[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) | ||
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* '''''[[Contionary: yinkesh#Modern Standard Imperial|yinkesh]]''''' ‘wing’ → '''''yeyinkesh''''' ‘pair of wings’ → '''''kve yinkesh''''' ‘(many) wings’ | * '''''[[Contionary: yinkesh#Modern Standard Imperial|yinkesh]]''''' ‘wing’ → '''''yeyinkesh''''' ‘pair of wings’ → '''''kve yinkesh''''' ‘(many) wings’ | ||
While these “dual” forms almost always refer to grouped pairs of objects, they sometimes refer to sets of more than two, e.g. '''''[[Contionary: lhat#Modern Standard Imperial|lhat]]''''' ‘tooth’ → kve lhat ‘teeth’ → lelhat ‘set of teeth’. In the case of teeth, this may have originated with the dual sense of the upper and lower sets of teeth, and other sets were later analogized on this model. | While these “dual” forms almost always refer to grouped pairs of objects, they sometimes refer to sets of more than two, e.g. '''''[[Contionary: lhat#Modern Standard Imperial|lhat]]''''' ‘tooth’ → kve lhat ‘teeth’ → lelhat ‘set of teeth’. In the case of teeth, this may have originated with the dual sense of the upper and lower sets of teeth, and other sets were later analogized on this model. | ||
Another slight irregularity is the (usually poetic) dual usage of '''''[[Contionary: thrin#Modern Standard Imperial|thrin]]''''' ‘heart’ to refer to couples in love, but generally the use of '''''tethrin''''' is discouraged in formal writing. | |||
====Possession==== | ====Possession==== | ||