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(iii)	I	®	f	/	{ i¾}
					{ ¾i }

Lower high /I/ is dropped in the environment of high vowel/i/. Examples are:

pi-Iye	® piye	‘(please) drink’ (IIp.sg. imp.)
pi-Iyo	® piyo	‘(please) drink’ (IIp.pl. imp.)
kI-y-i	® kI-f-i-ki	‘did’ (fem.sg.)
lI-y-i	®lI-f-i-li	‘took’(fem.sg.)

(iv) ®e/¾y

The stem final vowel /-/ becomes /-e/ beofe /-y-/ participal suffix. Examples are :

g-y-o ®	geyo	‘went’(mas.sg.)
k-y-o ®	kéyo	‘said’(mas.sg.)
r-y-o ®	réyo	‘lived’(mas.sg.)
l-y-o ®	léyo	‘fell’(mas.sg.)

Where as :

pè-y-o ®	pèyo	‘made wet’(mas.sg.)
pè-y-i ®	pèi	‘made wet’(fem.sg.)
g -y-i ®	g i	‘went’(fem.sg.)

(v) The final vowel / / of the verbal roots becomes /€/ before infinitive suffix // and participle suffix /t/.

Examples:

r--o ®	ro	‘to lve’
r-t-o ®	rto	‘living’
k--o ®	ko	‘to say’
k-t-o ®	kto	‘saying’
l-t-o ®	lto	‘falling’
l--o ®	lo	‘to fall’

(vi) All the vowels of the CV(C) or CVCX transitive as well as intransitive root stems when followed by derivative suffixes such as {-ai} an abstract noun formative and {-a}, {-wa} etc. causative suffixes, change to // Examples are:

d-ai ®	dai	‘race’
khU-ai ®	khai	‘digging’
pis-a ®	psa	‘cause to grind’
pis-wa ®	pswa	‘cause someone to grind’
de-wa ®	dwa	‘cause someone to give’
me-wa ®	mwa	‘cause someone to milk’
-wa ®	ţwa	‘cause someone to fall’
mut-a ®	mta	‘cause to urinate’
mut-wa ®	mtwa	‘cause someone to urinate’
sUkk-a ®	ska	‘cause to dry’
sUkk-wa ®	skwa	‘cause someone to dry’
kÙ-a ®	ka	‘cause to fight’
kÙ-wa ®	kwa	‘cause someone to fight’
to-a ®	ta	‘cause to break’
ho-a ®	ha	‘cause to drive (away)’
ho-w ®	hwa	‘cause someone to drive’(away)
d-a ®	da	‘cause to run’
d-wa ®	dwa	‘cause someone to run’
ba-a ®	ba	‘cause to burn’
ba-wa ®	bwa	‘cause someone to burn’
ncc-a ®	nca	‘cause to dance’
nIc-a ®	nca	‘cause to squeeze’

(vii) Final vowels /i/, /u/ of disyllabic stems when followed by inflection suffixes become /I/ and /U/ respectively. A few examples are :

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