-ak

Etymology
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Usage notes

 * -ak is the most common suffix used to form the plurals of animate words. It is often used to form the plurals of words ending in letters other than the semivowel w or the vowel a; it is sometimes used to form the plurals of words ending in w; it is almost never used to form the plurals of words ending in a.
 * The other suffixes used to form the plurals of animate words are:
 * -ik, often used to form the plurals of words (especially nouns denoting people who have particular occupations or activities) which end in the consonant d or t (which causes the d or t to mutate into j: nodabônkad, "baker" → nodabônkajik, "bakers"); only rarely used to form the plurals of words ending in other letters (nodkwaag, notkwahag, "pilot" → nodkwaagik, notkwahagik, "pilots"),
 * -ok, used to form the plurals of many words ending in w (which it may suppress), and of some other words (which likely ended in w at an earlier stage of the language),
 * -k, used to form the plurals of almost all words that end in a, and of some words that end in other vowels or in the semivowel w; not used to form the plurals of words ending in consonants.
 * The suffixes used to form the plurals of inanimate words are:
 * -al, the most common suffix used to form the plurals of inanimate words (paskhigan, "gun" → paskhiganal, "guns"), including most body parts and some words ending in the vowel a,
 * -il, used to form the plurals of some words ending in the consonant g or k; only rarely used to form the plurals of words ending in other letters,
 * -ol, used to form the plurals of some words ending in the semivowel w (which it suppresses) or other consonants (which likely ended in w at an earlier stage of the language),
 * -l, used to form the plurals of many words ending in vowels, including the semivowel w; not used to form the plurals of words ending in consonants.

Etymology 1
. As the oblique plural forms include the vowel, it has been suggested that it derives from , to which the epenthetic vowel was attached before case suffixes. Then, the intervocalic would be dropped due to its position.

Etymology 2
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Etymology
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Suffix

 * 1)   -s, -es

Etymology
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Pronoun

 * 1) ; I, me

Usage notes

 * When attached to the enclitic, the pronoun becomes -akon, reflecting its old form (see etymology above).
 * The pronoun is often conflated with in colloquial speech. See the definition of  for its proper usage.
 * The pronoun is often conflated with in colloquial speech. See the definition of  for its proper usage.

Etymology
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Etymology
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Usage notes
This suffix usually softens the preceding consonant, causing an i or y to be added.

Declension
Personal declension (e.g. demonyms):

Animate declension (e.g. dances, sports, some colloquial nouns):

Inanimate declension (some colloquial nouns):

Etymology 1
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Suffix

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 * 2) * +  &rarr;.
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Etymology
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Suffix

 * 1) * +  &rarr;.
 * 2) * +  &rarr;.
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