Morphology: noun singulatives
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Singulative –VT, -VS in Temein
m
ɛ
́r
ɛŋ
m
ɛ
́r
ɛŋɪ
̀s
tree
ʈɛ
́
ɛ
̀
ʈ
ʈɛ
́
ɛ
̀
ʈɪ
̀
ʈ
seed
k
ɪ
́n
k
ɪ
́n
ɪʈ
horn
ɔ
́y
ɔ
́m
ɔ
́y
ɔ
́m
ɪ
̀
ʈ
grass
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-VS is probably a (rare) allomorph of –VT or a
relic of a 3 –term plural system