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Identifiers are also used for more specific descriptions of things than are available with trisyllabics, such as names of specific types of plants and animals, towns, rivers, hills and other topographical features, rock types, metals, foods etc. | Identifiers are also used for more specific descriptions of things than are available with trisyllabics, such as names of specific types of plants and animals, towns, rivers, hills and other topographical features, rock types, metals, foods etc. | ||
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|+ Identifier Prefixes | |||
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! Prefix !! Use | |||
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| '''hau-''' || topographic features such as rivers, hills, cliffs, valleys | |||
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| '''jua-''' || personal names of ''taajona'', equivalent to generals/commanders in the ''tagahu'' | |||
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| '''jui-''' || the personal names of ''nahiixee'', a partner or long-term-guest of a ''tahu'' | |||
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| '''kiu-''' || personal names of civilian women who are not ''nahiixee'' | |||
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| '''kui-''' || inanimate physical objects | |||
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| '''lua-''' || personal names of the daughters of ''tahu'' | |||
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| '''mui-''' || edible things | |||
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| '''nia-''' || motile animals (Animals may also sometimes take ''mui-'' or ''kui-'' prefixes.) | |||
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| '''niu-''' || the personal names of civilian children | |||
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| '''nui-''' || the personal names of ''hiitaahii'', boys raised to be ''tahu''. It is also used for men who have failed initiation into the ''tagahu'' | |||
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| '''teo-''' || ''migutaa'', tubes within ''Oru'' | |||
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| '''tua-''' || the personal names of ''taaguhii'', ''tahu'' in active duty | |||
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| '''xau-''' || abstract qualities | |||
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| '''xia-''' || abstract things | |||
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| '''xio-''' || the personal names of civilian men who are not ''nahiixee'' | |||
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| '''xoe-''' || vocative indicator prefix for personal names (It may attach directly to the indicator's trisyllabic or, more formally, before another indicator prefix.) | |||
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| '''xua-''' || the personal names of ''xeeguhii'', ''tahu'' in an administrative role | |||
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| '''xue-''' || towns | |||
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| '''xui-''' || onomatopoeia, loanwords and direct quotation of one trisyllabic | |||
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