| 7.3.2. Allomorphs of the Transitive Stems |
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The suffix -ta: has an allomorph -da: after the nasal ending stems.
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| han |
handa:na |
‘to go’ |
| man |
manda:na: |
‘to be’ |
| tin |
tinda:na: |
‘to eat’ |
| in |
inda:na: |
‘to say’ |
| pun |
pundana: |
‘to know’ |
| hi:n |
hi:nda:na: |
‘to sneeze’ |
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It has a - a: form after the stem un.
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| un |
una:na: |
‘to drink’ |
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| 7.4. Causative |
The common way of forming causative verb is by adding the causative suffixes to the verb stem. The causative suffixes are -h  -ih and -t.
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The causative suffix -h occurs after those verb stmes ending in a vowel or -n.
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When it occurs after a nasal, the final nasal is dropped and the preceding vowel is lengthened.
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| Examples: |
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pu:- |
‘to bloom’ |
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pu:ha:na |
‘cause one to bloom’ |
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po:- |
‘to throw’ |
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po:ha:na |
‘cause one to throw’ |
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ke:- |
‘to close’ |
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ke:ha:na |
‘cause one to close’ |
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wa:- |
‘to quarrel’ |
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wa:ha:na |
‘cause one to quarrel’ |
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ki:- |
‘to do’ |
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ki:ha:na |
‘cause one to do’ |
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ni:- |
‘to fill’ |
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ni:ha:na |
‘cause one to fill’ |
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tin- |
‘to eat’ |
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ti:ha:na |
‘cause one to eat’ |
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pun- |
‘to know’ |
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pu:ha:na |
‘cause one to know’ |
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in- |
‘to say’ |
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i:ha:na |
‘cause one to say’ |
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un- |
‘to drink’ |
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u:ha:na |
‘cause one to drink’ |
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As exceptions to the above rule the -y/-r ending verb stems also take the causative -h.
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