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constructs: solar sg drops the i, lunar sg changes the -an to -áʔ, terrestrial changes -ín to -ay, du and pl change the -ú/-á to an -ó
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Noun and adjective endings
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! style="width: 90px;" rowspan="2" | !! colspan="2" | Singular !! colspan="2" | Dual-collective !! colspan="2" | Plural
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! style="width: 90px;" | absolute !! style="width: 90px;" | construct !! style="width: 90px;" | absolute !! style="width: 90px;" | construct !! style="width: 90px;" | absolute !! style="width: 90px;" | construct
|-
!Solar
||''yarifi''||''yarif∅''||''yarifūn''||''yarifū''||''yarifān''||''yarifā''
|-
!Lunar
||''bīlan''||''bīlāʔ''||''bīlōnūn''||''bīlōnū''||''bīlōnān''||''bīlōnā''
|-
!Terrestrial
||''-in''||''-ay''||''-ayyūn''||''-ayyū''||''-ayyān''||''-ayyā''
|-
!Aquatic
||''-ōt''||''-at''||''-tūn''||''-tū''||''-tān''||''-tā''
|}
 
====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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