/ / |
o:u:  o: |
‘field’ |
|
gummuu: gummu |
‘pumpkin’ |
| /w/ |
awu: aw |
‘those, those things, those women’ |
|
iwu: iw |
‘these, these things, these women’ |
| /y/ |
nayu: nay |
‘dog’ |
|
kayu: kay |
‘hand’ |
| /m/ |
hi:mu: hi:m |
‘give’ (imperative) |
|
kulmu: kulm |
‘pus’ |
| /n/ |
kanu: kan |
‘eye’ |
|
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. |
| tinji: tiinj |
‘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’ |
| aja:l aja: |
‘bear’ |
| ko:lya:l ko:lya: |
‘fox’ |
| mirga:l migra: |
‘antelope’ |
| ne:wa:l ne:wa: |
‘mangoose’ |
| mu:nja:l mu:nja: |
‘monkey’ |
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