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===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
Primary stress is generally on the penultimate syllable of polysyllables, e.g. ''berósu'' 'nine', ''esháyo'' 'sea', ''ázeng'' 'fish'. | Primary stress is generally on the penultimate syllable of polysyllables, e.g. ''berósu'' 'nine', ''esháyo'' 'sea', ''ázeng'' 'fish'. | ||
In true verbs, primary stress is always placed on the first syllable of the root, e.g. ''eróz'' 'go down', ''isúru'' 'go past'. | |||
In compounds, the primary stress is placed on the second element, with secondary stress on the first. | |||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||