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MORPHOPHONEMICS
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| Any
language has at least some morphemes which occur in more than one
shape, necessitating morphophonemic rules to account for the different
shapes of the same morpheme. Kokborok is not exception to it. The
morphophonemic rules in Kokborok are given below: |
| 2.1. If any morpheme
beginning with an aspirate is added to the base form with an aspirate
or a sibilant in it, then the aspiration of the suffixed morpheme
is lost. |
| Examples: |
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khar
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+ kha
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®
Kharka
|
‘ran’
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phay
|
+ th
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®
phayt
|
‘let
come’
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ti ha
|
+
kha
|
®
tihaka
|
‘lifted
, picked’
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sa
|
+ kh
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®
sak
|
‘had
said’
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| 2.2. The final voiceless
stop of the base form becomes voiced counterpart, when a morpheme
beginning with a voiced consonant or vowel is added to it. |
| Examples: |
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nuk
|
+ di
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®
nugdi
|
‘see’
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|
suk
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®
sug
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®
sug
|
‘pound’
(V)
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hup
|
+
|
®
hub
|
‘blows
(a whistle)’
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| 2.2.1.
The final consonant of the base form, except the voiceless stop, is
optionally dropped, when a morpheme begining with a non-identical
consonant is added to it. |
| Examples: |
tha 
|
+ nani
|
®
tha nani~thanani
‘to go’
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sal + tu
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|
®
saltu
~satu
‘sunlight’
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+
ra a
|
‘the bird
king’
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| 2.2.2. If the final
consonant is m or N
the homorganic stop is optionally added after it, when a morpheme
beginning with a vowel is added to it. |
| Examples: |
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| 2.3. When a morpheme
beginning with or a is added
to any morpheme with a vowel in the final position, then there occurs
a w glide between the two morphemes. |
| Examples: |
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kami
|
+
|
®
kamiw
|
‘in
the village’
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mysl
|
+
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‘at
the python’
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thu
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+
|
®
thuw
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‘sleeps.
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