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solar: -i, -ú, -á | solar: -i, -ú, -á | ||
lunar: -an, -ónú, -óná | lunar: -an, -ónú, -óná | ||
terrestrial: - | terrestrial: -in, -ayyú, -ayyá | ||
aquatic: -t, -tú, -tá | aquatic: -t, -tú, -tá | ||
constructs: solar sg drops the i, lunar sg changes the -an to -á, terrestrial changes - | constructs: solar sg drops the i, lunar sg changes the -an to -á, terrestrial changes -ín to -ay, du and pl change the -ú/-á to an -ó | ||
====Vowel-reducing paradigms==== | ====Vowel-reducing paradigms==== | ||
The largest class of vowel-reducing nouns have ''á'' or ''é'' between the first and second radicals that reduces to ''a''/''e'' (harmonizing with the frontness of following vowel; ''i'' after a ''y'') when a suffix is added. | The largest class of vowel-reducing nouns have ''á'' or ''é'' between the first and second radicals that reduces to ''a''/''e'' (harmonizing with the frontness of following vowel; ''i'' after a ''y'') when a suffix is added. |
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