▁sem ant ically ▁as ▁singular ▁or ▁“ general ” ▁in ▁number , ▁while ▁some ▁n oun s ▁can ▁receive ▁explicit ▁pl ural ▁mark ing ▁that ▁distingu ishes ▁them ▁from ▁the ▁singular / general - number ed ▁n oun s . ▁Ye ’ ku ana ▁generally ▁uses ▁the ▁suffix ▁= kom o ▁to ▁mark ▁the ▁nom inal ▁pl ural . ▁C á cer es ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁tre ats ▁this ▁suffix ▁as ▁a ▁generic ▁pl ural , ▁while ▁other ▁authors ▁such ▁as ▁C out inho ▁( 2 0 1 3 ) ▁sub scribe ▁to ▁the ▁analysis ▁given ▁to ▁other ▁Car ib an ▁languages ▁that ▁they ▁distinguish ▁in ▁number ▁between ▁the ▁‘ all ’ ▁( i . e . ▁collect ive ) ▁and ▁‘ less - than - the - total ’ ▁( i . e . ▁non - collect ive ), ▁and ▁therefore ▁tre ats ▁this ▁morph eme ▁as ▁a ▁collect ive ▁morph eme . ▁After ▁high - front ▁v owel ▁[ i ] ▁and ▁approxim ant ▁[ j ], ▁the ▁pal atal ised ▁variant ▁= ch omo ▁is ▁also ▁seen . ▁This ▁suffix ▁is ▁used ▁like wise ▁for ▁animate ▁n oun s ▁and ▁in animate ▁n oun s : ▁ ▁{ | ▁| ye ' kw ana ▁| ye ' kw ana = kom o ▁| - ▁| ' ye ' ku ana ' ▁| ' se ver al ▁ye ' ku anas ' ▁| - ▁| yan wa a ▁| yan wa a = kom o ▁| - ▁|