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====Irregular vocatives==== | |||
A few very common words (mostly kinship terms) have irregular vocative forms: | |||
* ''ñältah'' "(male's) sister" — ''ñäli'' or ''ñäl'' | |||
* ''glūḫam'' "(female's) brother" — ''galū'' or ''glū'' | |||
* ''kālike'' "(female's) younger sister" — ''kāl'' or ''kālli'' or ''kalli'' | |||
* ''praśke'' "(male's) older brother" — ''pāśi'' | |||
* ''amamū'' "mother" — ''mā'' or ''māmu'' | |||
* ''atabū'' or ''batū'' "father" — ''bā'' or ''bābu'' | |||
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