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*In conjugated verbs, stress is placed on the last syllable. | *In conjugated verbs, stress is placed on the last syllable. | ||
*Declined noun genitives have stress on second syllable while adjectives formed from nouns have stress on the following syllable. Noun: /ɪˈwaˑɹɪ/ vs. Adjective: /ɪwɐˈɹiˑ/ | *Declined noun genitives have stress on second syllable while adjectives formed from nouns have stress on the following syllable. Noun: /ɪˈwaˑɹɪ/ vs. Adjective: /ɪwɐˈɹiˑ/ | ||
**Circumfixes and certain prefixes don't alter the stress placing: ''keka'' /ke'kaˑ/→ ''Akekata'' /ɑke'kaˑtɑ/ | |||
*Since stressed syllables get a slightly higher pitch, it can carry on to the next syllable in long words. The longest words might sometimes get a peculiar up-down pitch-pattern. | *Since stressed syllables get a slightly higher pitch, it can carry on to the next syllable in long words. The longest words might sometimes get a peculiar up-down pitch-pattern. | ||
*If many one-syllable words come after each other, the second and the last words are stressed. | *If many one-syllable words come after each other, the second and the last words are stressed. | ||