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1. namkum - lightning bolt
2. hu - wind
3. zetop - potion
4. bluon - human
5. namkumi - lightning bolts
6. hui - winds
7. zetopi - potions
8. bluoni - humans
9. azam - failure
10. klar - child
11. namfet - goddess
12. zenit - spell
13. twiN - victory
14. aS - wine
15. muta - plan
16. oel - choice
17. namaS - poison
18. azemi - failures
19. kleri - children
20. zeniti - spells
21. namfiti - goddesses
22. twiNi victories
23. eSi - wines
24. mutei - plans
25. oili - choices
26. namESi - poisons
1. If you have not done so before, determine the plural morpheme.
The plural morpheme is -i. (Notice the hyphen: the plural is a suffix.
2. Each word in the list 9-26 above has two allomorphs: one that occurs regularly and the other that occurs when you add the plural. For each word, list its two forms.
9. azam azem- failure/s
10. klar kler- - child/ren
11. namfet namfit- - goddess/es
12. zenit zenit- - spell/s (No change)
13. twiN twiN - victory/ies
14. aS eS- - wine/s
15. muta mute- - plan/s
16. oel oil- - choice/s
17. namaS nameS- - poison/s
Notice that any form I've seen as a free form (witout anything necessarily attached), I write as a stand-alone word. If I see a form that I have never seen standing alone as its own word, then I use a hyphen to indicate that it should be attached to a suffix.
3. If a word has two vowels in it in the singular, which vowel will change when the plural is added?
The second vowel: see list above.
4. Describe the pattern. How does adding that plural suffix impact the root of the noun?
Front vowels [a] and [e] raise one step to [e] and [i] respectively when the suffix -i is added. [i] vowels to not change.
5. Now describe the pattern again, taking these new forms into account. The raising pattern works only with front vowels: back vowels do not change.