Even if a noun possesses a plural form, it is not necessary for it to take on the plural form in order to have a plural meaning. Indeed, there is a strong tendency to avoid overt marking of the plural if plurality is indicated in other ways, in particular, by an immediately following possessed noun. For example, the full form of "Dakelh language" is , literally "the words of the Dakelh people". Here consists of "Dakelh person with the plural suffix , and is the third person plural possessed form of "words". The plurality of the possessor is indicated by the use of the third person duo-plural possessive prefix instead of the third person singular . The form , in which is not overtly plural-marked, is much preferred.