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| [[w:Locative case|locative]] || ''ŋir'''inei''''' || ''khiŋ'''enei''''' || ''kōw<span style="color: blue">ō</span>'''nei'''''
| [[w:Locative case|locative]] || ''ŋir'''inei''''' || ''khiŋ'''enei''''' || ''kōw<span style="color: blue">ō</span>'''nei'''''
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! Translation !! head !! day !! back
! Translation !! person !! day !! back
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Rarely the case clitic ''-zur'', called [[w:Terminative case|terminative]], is used to indicate an end of action or a limit in time, though not every noun can be used with it, it is mostly restricted to a temporal meaning. Unlike in Kērsalur and other old languages, Kirtumur nouns do not have short forms which appear in more complex noun clauses in other Eastern languages, however noun case markers are clitics and are attached to the last word in a noun clause nevertheless. If a noun clause contains more than one noun, all case markers are stacked onto the last word in the order of those nouns, for example:  
Rarely the case clitic ''-zur'', called [[w:Terminative case|terminative]], is used to indicate an end of action or a limit in time, though not every noun can be used with it, it is mostly restricted to a temporal meaning. Unlike in Kērsalur and other old languages, Kirtumur nouns do not have short forms which appear in more complex noun clauses in other Eastern languages, however noun case markers are clitics and are attached to the last word in a noun clause nevertheless. If a noun clause contains more than one noun, all case markers are stacked onto the last word in the order of those nouns, for example:  
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