Although words like "ekitabo" are theoretically toneless, they are generally subject to a tone-raising rule whereby all but the first mora acquire a high tone. Thus "ekitabo" 'book' is pronounced and "ssomero" 'school' is pronounced [ssóméró (where the long consonant "ss" counts as the first mora). These tones added to toneless words are called 'phrasal tones'. The tone-raising rule also applies to the toneless syllables at the end of words like "eddwâliro" 'hospital' and "túgenda" [túgeendá 'we are going', provided that there is at least one low-toned mora after the lexical tone. When this happens, the high tones which follow the low tone are slightly lower than the one which precedes it.