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! 9 | ! 9 | ||
| | | ⁿ-; -<small><sup>2</sup></small> || yï- || yo- || colspan="2" | yi- || ⁿ- || ïyyo || Animals, inanimate | ||
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! 10 | ! 10 | ||
| | | ⁿ-; - || ĵï- || ĵo- || colspan="2" | ĵi- || ⁿ- || ïĵĵo || Plural of classes 9 & 11 | ||
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! 11 | ! 11 | ||
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With nouns, class 16 and 17 behave as prepositions. Their concord prefixes may be used with verbs; otherwise, the prefix appears at the beginning of the noun phrase. | With nouns, class 16 and 17 behave as prepositions. Their concord prefixes may be used with verbs; otherwise, the prefix appears at the beginning of the noun phrase. | ||
<small><sup>2</sup></small> | <small><sup>2</sup></small> ⁿ- = initial nasalization | ||
<small><sup>3</sup></small> (w/ï) = -w- added before vowels | <small><sup>3</sup></small> (w/ï) = -w- added before vowels | ||