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 ===Nouns===
-Plural is formed with ''-ooyn'' (definite: ''-ooyki'') or ''-yaal'' (definite: ''-yaalki''). The ending ''-yaal'' is used for nouns (mostly masculine) ending in ''-e'' or ''-i'', e.g. ''tuke'' "crow" → ''tukeyaal''. All other nouns take the ending ''-ooyn''. For feminine nouns ending in ''-o'', the ''-o'' becomes ''a'' and an epithetic ''th'' is added before the ending. For example, ''maghaalo'' "city" + ''-ooyn'' → ''maghaalathooyn'' "cities". Masculine nouns assimilate the ''-o'' to the ending.
+Plural is formed with ''-óoyn'' (definite: ''-óoyki'') or ''-yáal'' (definite: ''-yáalki''). The ending ''-yaal'' is used for nouns (mostly masculine) ending in ''-e'' or ''-i'', e.g. ''tuke'' "crow" → ''tukeyaal''. All other nouns take the ending ''-ooyn''. For feminine nouns ending in ''-o'', the ''-o'' becomes ''a'' and an epithetic ''th'' is added before the ending. For example, ''maghaalo'' "city" + ''-ooyn'' → ''maghaalathooyn'' "cities". Masculine nouns assimilate the ''-o'' to the ending.
 Some words (mostly body parts) have a "short" plural in ''-o'' (definite: ''-ihi'') in addition to the "long" plural in ''-ooyn/yaal''. In the case of body parts, the short plural is when they belong to one person.