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Words ending in an R-colored vowel add an intrusive R between the final vowel and the plural suffix. | Words ending in an R-colored vowel add an intrusive R between the final vowel and the plural suffix. | ||
* '' | * ''pdow'' 'a tree', ''pdowə'' 'trees' | ||
* ''lɨɨ'' 'a god', ''lɨɨwə'' 'gods' | * ''lɨɨ'' 'a god', ''lɨɨwə'' 'gods' | ||
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Examples: | Examples: | ||
*''śadə'' / | *''śadə'' /ˈs{{ret}}adə/ = an apartment/flat | ||
*''śadrəs'' / | *''śadrəs'' /ˈs{{ret}}adrəs/ = the flat | ||
*''śadrə'' / | *''śadrə'' /ˈs{{ret}}adrə/ = flats | ||
*''śadril'' / | *''śadril'' /ˈs{{ret}}adrɪl/ = the flats | ||
*''śadə | *''śadə bušət'' = a big flat | ||
*''śadrəs | *''śadrəs bušət'' = the big flat | ||
*''śadrə | *''śadrə buštə'' = big flats | ||
*''śadril | *''śadril buštə'' = the big flats | ||
''-ma'' nouns from Greek become ''-mat'' nouns: ''þemat, þematas, þematr, þematil'' 'topic, theme'. | ''-ma'' nouns from Greek become ''-mat'' nouns: ''þemat, þematas, þematr, þematil'' 'topic, theme'. |
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