Plurals are formed by adding an inflectional prefix. there are two allomorphs of the plural morpheme: x- and xi-.
xi- is used before roots which begin with the velar sounds [k] and [g] and before [x].
x- is used elsewhere.
Examples:
birds: x-hu PL-bird
moons: xi-kli-t PL-night-ruler
Lexicon
big -o
bird: hu
dark: ka-kli-t NEG-night-ruler
day: gli
dead: ka-hu-t NEG bird-ruler
dog: s-t person-ruler
dropping: du
an terrible insult: du-t-o dropping-ruler-big
egg: hu-t-i bird-ruler-small
enemy: bu
food ra
friend: ka-bu NEG-enemy
ground: ka-rax NEG-tree
house: rax (see 'tree")
mouse: ra-i food-small
moon kli-t night-ruler
NEG: ka-
night: kli
owl: hu-t bird-ruler
person: s
rabbit ra-o food-big
ruler: -t
small -i
sun: gli-t day-ruler
tree: rax (see 'house')
tree you can't nest in: sis
wolf: s-t-o person-ruler-big