-вʼвʼи
Alutor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w.wi/
Suffix
-вʼвʼи (-wwi) (after consonants -увʼвʼи)
- Used to form the plural form of regular nouns.
- тылгылӈын → тылгувʼвʼи = finger → (many) fingers
- ӄураӈа → ӄуравʼвʼи = reindeer → (many) reindeers
- (with the suffix -на), used to indicate plural objects, many of something.
- тынун вапаӄ → тынунавʼвʼи вапаӄавʼвʼи = I ate a fly agaric → I ate (many) fly agarics
Usage notes
In colloquial speech the ending -вʼвʼи is frequently reduced to -в or removed entirely.
See also
- (dual marker) -т