/ / |
o: u: o: |
‘field’ |
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gummu u: gummu |
‘pumpkin’ |
/w/ |
awu: aw |
‘those, those things, those women’ |
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iwu: iw |
‘these, these things, these women’ |
/y/ |
nayu: nay |
‘dog’ |
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kayu: kay |
‘hand’ |
/m/ |
hi:mu: hi:m |
‘give’ (imperative) |
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kulmu: kulm |
‘pus’ |
/n/ |
kanu: kan |
‘eye’ |
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lo:nu: lo:n |
‘house’ |
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The word-final -u: in the above examples may be considered non-morphemic or morphologically superfluous though its occurrence is not phonologically authomatic.
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3.1.2. Word-final -i: in the following examples optionally alternates with zero when spoken in isolation. |
ti nji: ti inj |
‘finger-nail’ |
sika: i: sika: |
‘darkness’ |
mo i: mo |
‘navel’ |
mati: mat |
‘medicine’ |
padi: pad |
‘pig’ |
ermi: erm |
‘buffalo’ |
neyi: ney |
‘oil’ |
u:puri: u:pur |
‘breathe’ |
eli: el |
‘rat’ |
na: i: na: |
‘tomorrow’ |
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3.1.3. The word final -l is dropped optionally in the examples given below: |
da:da:l da:da: |
‘elder brother’ |
ka:ka:l ka:ka: |
‘father’s younger brother’ |
ba:ba:l ba:ba: |
‘father’ |
ka:mya:l ka:mya: |
‘worker’ |
gu: a:l gu: a: |
‘dwarf’ |
a ja:l a ja: |
‘bear’ |
ko:lya:l ko:lya: |
‘fox’ |
mirga:l migra: |
‘antelope’ |
ne:w a:l ne:w a: |
‘mangoose’ |
mu:nja:l mu:nja: |
‘monkey’ |
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