porhe-achonte |
è |
porhe (y) achonte
‘if (sub.) read’
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coce-ako |
è |
coce (y) ako
‘before (sub.) do not
eat’
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vave-ako |
è |
vave
(y) ako
‘before (sub.) do not come’
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4) The
glottal stop is dropped after the word boundary.
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ki?ik ‘black (Adj.)’ |
ik ‘be black’ |
ke?er ‘red (Adj.)’ |
er ‘be red’ |
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5) The vowel
v of prefixes kv, pv and cv is realized as
a, e and i in the following environments.
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A occurs (i) after k
and p and before i or a and (ii) between c and
a
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kV-ituy |
è |
ka-ituy* |
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‘tail’
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pV-ihon |
è |
pa-ihon* |
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‘love (Tr.)’
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kV-arjap |
è |
ka-arjap* |
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‘standing (Adj., VN)’
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pV-arjap |
è |
pa-arjap* |
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‘make some one stand’
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cV-ar?u |
è |
ca-ar?U* |
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‘kiss each other’ |
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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 |
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‘dying (Adj., VN)’
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pV-thi |
è |
pi-thi |
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‘kill’
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cV-ihon |
è |
‘ci-ihon* |
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‘love each father’
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cV-pithi |
è |
ci-pithi |
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‘kill each other’ |
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V is realized as
e elsewhere. |
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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.
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