-вʼвʼи

• IPA^(key): /w.wi/

-вʼвʼи (-wwi) (after consonants -увʼвʼи)

1. Used to form the plural form of regular nouns.

   тылгылӈын → тылгувʼвʼи = finger → (many) fingers

   ӄураӈа → ӄуравʼвʼи = reindeer → (many) reindeers

2. (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

In colloquial speech the ending -вʼвʼи is frequently reduced to -в or removed entirely.

• (dual marker) -т