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 ===Prosody===
 ====Stress====
-Stress falls on the last heavy syllable of a word. For definition of light and heavy syllables, see the phonotactics section below.
+Stress falls on one of the last three syllables of a word. If these three syllables include heavy syllable(s), the last heavy syllable is stressed. If there is no heavy syllable, the third last syllable is stressed.
+If a word is less than three syllables, the last heavy syllable is stressed if present. Otherwise, the initial syllable is stress.
+When determining stress, suffixes are treated as part of the word but prefixed particles are excluded.
+For definition of light and heavy syllables, see the phonotactics section below.
 In traditional poetry, usual word stress is forgone and instead is determined by meter.