[5] The plosive /p/ is realized as [p] in the syllable onset but as [pʔᵐ] (which contrasts with the simple nasal phoneme /m/) in the coda.

Similarly, /t/ and /k/ are realized as [tʔⁿ] and [ʔɤ] (i.e., as a glottal stop with a vocalic release), respectively, in the syllable coda.

Reduplication and affixation, including some processes (such as the irrealis marker (k)a') that resemble infixation, are also common.

Typical examples of inflection, such as number, case, tense, mood, and aspect, are not obligatorily marked in Movima.

The same morpheme may appear multiple times in one word this way, for instance, tikoy-na-poj-na "I make X kill Y."