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*''domo'' - "flower" or "flowers" | *''domo'' - "flower" or "flowers" | ||
Grammatically animate nouns are marked as plural by the suffix ''-it''. This deletes any final vowel | Grammatically animate nouns are marked as plural by the suffix ''-it''. This deletes any final vowel, nouns ending in a glottal stop replace it with ''-kat'' and nouns ending in ''-t'' change this to the affricate ''-tz''. | ||
*''tzaka'' and ''tzakit'' - "man, person" and "men, people" | *''tzaka'' and ''tzakit'' - "man, person" and "men, people" | ||
*''sing'' and ''singit'' - "star" and "stars" | *''sing'' and ''singit'' - "star" and "stars" | ||
*''mazzà'' and ''mazzakat'' - "fish" (sg) and "fish" (pl) | *''mazzà'' and ''mazzakat'' - "fish" (sg) and "fish" (pl) | ||
*''ohat'' and ''ohatz'' - "my son" and "my sons" | |||
==Possession== | ==Possession== | ||