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 Though grammatical number is not marked, nouns may take the following affixes to show a collective sense:
-* ''-do'' indicates a discrete group of things, usually located together, e.g. ''binjido'' 'mountain range' (''binji'' 'mountain'), ''puddo'' 'pack of dogs' (''puz'' 'dog'), ''gyondo'' 'band' (''gyong'' 'man').
+* ''-do'' indicates a discrete group of things, usually located together, e.g. ''binjido'' 'mountain ridge' (''binji'' 'mountain'), ''fuddo'' 'copse, small wood' (''fuz'' 'tree'), ''gyondo'' 'band' (''gyong'' 'man').
-* ''-bu'' indicates a totality of things, a class, and also the state of being a member of that class, e.g. ''binjibu'' 'mountains', ''pubbu'' 'dogs', ''gyombu'' 'men; manhood'.
+* ''-bu'' indicates a totality of things, a class, and also the absract state of being a member of that class, e.g. ''binjibu'' 'mountains; mountain-hood', ''fubbu'' 'trees; treehood', ''gyombu'' 'men; manhood, masculinity'.
-* ''i-'' indicates a mass of things, ''igyong'' 'crowd, throng'.
+* ''i-'' indicates a mass of things, ''ibinji'' 'mountain range', ''ifuz'' 'forest', ''igyong'' 'population'.
+Reduplication is used to indicate intensity and in some cases can take on a collective meaning, e.g. ''gyongyong'' 'crowd, throng', ''yaiyai'' 'storm' (''yai'' 'wind').
 ===Adjectives===