=24.= A word cannot end with more than one consonant. If the rejection
of a final vowel leaves two consonants at the end of a word, one is
rejected, usually the first, e.g. =Lupaukse=, _a promise_. By rule =16=,
=e= is rejected in the nominative sing., and there remains =lupauks=,
which becomes =lupaus=. But if the second consonant is not one of those
allowed to end a word by rule =2=, it is rejected and the first only
kept. =Suurimpi= becomes =suurimp=, and as =p= is not a possible final
letter, =m= is kept, and by rule =46= (below) becomes =n=, =suurin=.