Tones typically have a slight purely phonetic drop at the end in citation form.

The absolutive case is the citation form of a noun.

However, in carefully articulated citation forms, the glottal stop is retained.

These verbs explain the reason for this form being the citation form.

A noun serving as a direct object is unmarked, and so are citation forms.

Initially and in citation form, the nasal component may be inaudible.

This class is almost identical to the previous one, the only difference is that the citation form ends in я.

The citation form of words is (if noted at all) in the nominative case.

If the language additionally has cases, the citation form is often the masculine singular nominative.

This so-called infinitive, however, must not be confused with the citation form mentioned above.