| geri-ã
® |
gerIyã
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‘girls’(obl.pl.)
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geri-ye ®
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gerIye’
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‘(o’) girl’(voc.sg.)
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geri-yo ®
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gerIyo’
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‘(o’) girls’(voc.pl.)
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b u-ã
®
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bUwã
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‘daughters-in-law’ (obl.pl.)
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Where as :
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khú-ã
®
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khúwã
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‘wells’(obl.pl.)
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nú-ã
®
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núwã
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‘nails(obl.pl.)
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(i) y ®
f/¾i
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In the language /i/ does not follow /y/, so whenever a stem ending in
/y/ follows /i/ suffix, then /y/ is dropped. Examples are :
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g-y-i
®
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gi
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‘went’(fem.sg.)
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g-y-
®
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gĩ
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‘went’(fem.pl.)
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lI-y-i ®
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li
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‘took’(fem.sg.)
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pè-y-i
®
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pèi
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‘wet’(fem.sg.)
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kpp-y-i
®
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kppi
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‘reaped’(fem.sg.)
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(ii) Simplification of Gemination
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(ii) (C) VCC ®
(C) VC /- {f,
ai, a, wa, y, -s- t}
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The root stems with the final geminated consonants get simplified in
the final position such as in the ordinary imperative singular form (where
the root stems occur as imperative singular) and besides it also gets
simplified before the derivative suffixes such as {-ai} abstract noun
formative, {-s-} future formative suffix, {-t-} imperfetive participial
suffix, {-y-} perfective participal suffix and causative suffixes such as
{-a} and {-wa}. Examples are :
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n ss-f
®
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ns
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‘run’(IIp.sg.imp.)
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kpp-f
®
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kp
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‘cut’(IIp.sg.imp.)
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c ll-f
®
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cl
|
‘bear’(IIp.sg.imp.)
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kpp-y
®
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kpyo
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‘cut’(mas.sg.)
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kpp-t-
®
|
kpto
|
‘cut’(mas.sg.)
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kpp-s
®
|
kpsũ
|
‘shall cut’(Ip.sg.)
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lmm-ai
®
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lmai
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‘length’
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nss-a
®
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nsa
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‘cause to run’
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nss-wa
®
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nswa
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‘cause someone to run’
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cll-a
®
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cla
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‘cause to bear’
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cll-wa
®
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clwa
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‘cause someone to bear’
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(C) VC1C1VC2
® (C)VC1C2/-V
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Intervocalic geminated consonants of a stem also get simplified when
the vowel following the geminated consonant is dropped due to some
alteration such as given above in 2.1.(i).
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Examples:
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Uppr-ũ ®
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Uprũ
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‘from up’
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cbb -i
®
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cébi
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‘small fork used for
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taking out the stones’
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(iii) Gain of /y/ and /w/
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When a stem ending in any of the front vowels is followed by a suffix
beginning with a vowel (which is not permissible in the vowel sequence)
then /y/ glide will come in between and to the contrary if a stem ending
in any of the non-front vowels is followed by any vowel not permissible in
the formation of vowel sequence then /w/ comes in between. examples are :
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