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(iii)  ®   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 ®  

yo 

‘said’(mas.sg.)

r-y-o ®  

réyo 

‘lived’(mas.sg.)

l-y-o ®  

léyo 

‘fell’(mas.sg.)


Where as :
 

-y-o ®  

pèyo 

‘made wet’(mas.sg.)

pè-y-i ®

pè

‘made wet’(fem.sg.)

g -y-i ®   g ‘went’(fem.sg.)


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

Examples:
 

r--o ®  

r

‘to lve’

r-t-o ®

rto 

‘living’

k--o ®  

k

‘to say’

k-t-o ®

kto 

‘saying’

l-t-o ®  

lto 

‘falling’

l--o ®

l

‘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’

-a ®  

k ‘cause to fight’

kÙ-wa ®  

kwa

 ‘cause someone to fight’

to-a ®  

t

‘cause to break’

ho-a ®

h ‘cause to drive (away)’

ho-w ®  

hwa 

‘cause someone to drive’(away)

d-a ®  

d ‘cause to run’

d-wa ®  

dwa  ‘cause someone to run’

ba-a ®

b ‘cause to burn’

ba-wa ®  

bwa 

‘cause someone to burn’

ncc-a ®  

nca 

‘cause to dance’

nIc-a ®  

nc

‘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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