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A note about the conjunction ''suttu'':  if one of the NPs being referred to is the ABS argument of a preceding nominalized clause, ''suttu'' or one of its allomorphs surfaces between the nominalization and the second NP argument before the Associative verb may be elided, as in the following example:
A note about the conjunction ''suttu'':  if one of the NPs being referred to is the ABS argument of a preceding nominalized clause, ''suttu'' or one of its allomorphs surfaces between the nominalization and the second NP argument before the Associative verb may be elided.  As an alternative to ''Alan suttu Yeker wassakikmanaft, Ru'awwankan intasilapimmakikminesankilwaššša!'', a ''suttu'' + Associative verb structure may be used, as in the following example:


{{Gloss
{{Gloss
|phrase =Gāl kūranaft suttu intaslapimmakikminesaš
|phrase =Alan wassakikmanaft, Ru'awwankan suttu intaslapimmakikminesankilwašša
| IPA =  
| IPA =  
| morphemes = gāl kūr-an-aft suttu nt-silap-mmak-km-nes-an=š
| morphemes = Alan wassaki-km-an-aft, Ru'awwam-kan suttu nt-silap-mmak-km-nes-an-kilwaš
| gloss = horse black-INTRANS-NMLZ and INT-ride-ASSOC-3P.ABS-FUT-INTRANS=IRREAL
| gloss = PN fell.dead.to.the.ground-3P.ABS-INTR-NMLZ and INTENS-ride-ASSOC-3P.ABS-FUT-INTR-MIR=IRREAL
| translation = May they ride hard ''together'' with the Black Horse!  ''("Rest in peace")''
| translation = Alan (and Yešker) who were slain (that day), ''together'' may they ride hard with the Black Horse!  ''("Rest in peace")''
}}
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