 The language also has five-consonant (or "quinquiliteral") roots (referred to in this article as "5").Most, if not all, of these are "defective" in the sense described below; that is, their simplest form takes the "tä-" prefix.Examples are ተንቀጥቀጠ "tä-nk'ät'k'ät'ä" 'tremble' and ተምበርከኸ "tä-mbärkäxä" 'kneel'.