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 In addition, some nouns exclusively, or almost exclusively, occur with one particular particle, such as ''gâlo kem'' "poison", with just ''gâlo'' being ungrammatical outside the phrase ''gâlo nênte'' "to poison".
+Nominal classifiers and their meanings include:
+* ''ap'': people
+* ''itu'': food
+* ''nô'': buildings and other human constructions
+* ''at'': language, speech
+* ''ils'': day, light
+* ''oko'': night, darkness
+* ''hêkai'': nature, weather conditions
+* ''ira'': big things
+* ''lid'': small things, small quantities
+* ''tai'': large quantities
+* ''ere'': old things
+* ''e'': good things
+* ''kem'': bad things
+* ''sio'': despective
+* ''pe'': beautiful things
+* ''ad'': something similar, usually occurs in lexicalised combinations
+* ''tod'': places and times, frequently forms adverbials
+* ''nai'': abstract, can be used very freely to derive nouns from adjectives and verbs
+* ''ô'': no clear meaning, only occurs in certain fixed combinations such as ''harid ô'' "knot" and ''sanap ô'' "family"
 ===Plural===