Vowels before the /-kˀah/ and /-sˀah/ endings are always accented and long, even when odd-numbered:

  • ganǫhsá:kˀah ‘beside the house’

  • onǫhsatgí:sˀah ‘an ugly house’

The first vowel of the ending /-shǫ:ˀǫh, -shǫ:ˀah/ is always accented and long, even when odd-numbered:

  • gwęnihshǫ́:ˀǫh ‘change (money)’

Odd-numbered A can be accented and lengthened, but only if it is followed by a single Y or W:

  • gá:yęˀ ‘it is lying there’

  • sá:węh ‘it is yours’

  • hadihá:wiˀs ‘they (m) carry along’