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 *you (pl) = ''cu-''
 *Noun class prefixes:
-*#''ʔə-'', pl. ''cə-''
+#''ʔə́-'', pl. ''cə́-'' = humans, spirits
-*#''bu-'', pl. ''də-''
+#''bú-'', pl. ''də́-'' = animals and other things that move on their own
-*#''p-'', pl. ''əpi-''
+#''pà-'', pl. ''ə̀pí-'' = plants and mushrooms; things that grow
-*#''s-'', pl. ''dus-''
+#''sə̀-'', pl. ''dúsì-'' = collections or large things: ''scʼaσ'' 'forest'
-*#''ut-'', pl. ''pσə-''
+#''út-'', pl. ''pàσə́-'' = roughly round, compact objects
-*#''ma-'', pl. ''əwə-''
+#''má-'', pl. ''ə́wə́-'' = long objects; tools, instruments, devices
-*#''č-'', pl. ''abi-''
+#''kè-'', pl. ''ábí-'' = places, locations, slots
-*#''gu-'', pl. ''n-''
+#''gú-'', pl. ''nə̀-'' = various... including fluids (powder, water, liquids, fire, light, waves, wind, ...)
-*#''σi-'', pl. ''wi-''
+#''σí-'', pl. ''wí-'' = time periods; events; things that are temporary (e.g. ice)
-*#''t-'', no plural
+#''tì-'' = abstractions, manner, way
-*#''t’im-'', no plural
+#''t’ím-'' = infinitives, verbal nouns
-*#''pda-'' (common for abstract nouns), no plural
+#''pòdá-'' = -ness, -hood
 ====Tense affixes====