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porhe-achonte è porhe (y) achonte
‘if (sub.) read’
 
coce-ako è coce (y) ako
‘before (sub.) do not eat’
 
vave-ako è vave (y) ako
‘before (sub.) do not come’
 
4) The glottal stop is dropped after the word boundary.
 
ki?ik ‘black (Adj.)’ ik ‘be black’
ke?er ‘red (Adj.)’ er ‘be red’

5) The vowel v of prefixes kv, pv and cv is realized as a, e and i in the following environments.
 
A occurs (i) after k and p and before i or a and (ii) between c and a
 
kV-ituy è ka-ituy*
    ‘tail’
 
pV-ihon è pa-ihon*
    ‘love (Tr.)’
 
kV-arjap è ka-arjap*
    ‘standing (Adj., VN)’
 
pV-arjap è pa-arjap*
    ‘make some one stand’
 
cV-ar?u è ca-ar?U*
‘kiss each other’
V is realized as i (i) after k, and p and before i in the non-initial position of the following syllable and (ii) after c and before i in the following syllable.
kV-thi è ki-thi
    ‘dying (Adj., VN)’
 
pV-thi è pi-thi
    ‘kill’
 
cV-ihon è ‘ci-ihon*
    ‘love each father’
 
cV-pithi è ci-pithi
    ‘kill each other’
V is realized as e elsewhere.
kV-the

è

kethe
    ‘big’
 
pV-ham è peham
    ‘stop (Tr.)’
 
ni-pV-ha è nipeha
    ‘make someone long for’
cV-patora è cepatora
    ‘trouble each other’
6) When a morpheme beginning with the vowel i or a is added to a morpheme ending in i or a (a-, ka-, pa and ci-), then the first vowel of the following morpheme is dropped.
 
a-ilo* è alo
    ‘mountain’
ka-icham*

 

è

 

kacham

 

 
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