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3. óc	‘water’	c	my water
		nc	your water
		mpc	his water
		nt	their water

2. When attributive words like

pó

kyù, and

are preceeded by nouns final ‘o’ of the nouns is deleted, as

® f / Attributive words

Examples
frò	pó	fr	°póN
frò	kyù	fr	°kyù
frò	p	fr	°p«$

3. Final syllable of the pronoun ending in-p

is deleted when followed by the reflexive suffix -p

, as

® f / p

Examples

mp pp > mpp he himself
mp pp > npp she herself

4. Initial syllables of the numerals for three, four and six are deleted before the allomorph of the cardinal numeral ten i.e. rò as

		® f / -rò
m
t

Examples

a. t^hm + rò = t^hmrò ‘thirty’
t^hm means ‘three’ táró means ‘ten’
i.e. thmrò = 3 X 10 = 30

b. m

+ rò =

rò forty
c. t

rók + rò = rókrò sixty

5. Final syllable of the ordinal marker i.e.

ótò is deleted optionally when used attributively a

tò ® f / noun

Examples

ótò > ky

ó first man
f

rò

ótò > f

rò

ó first dog
kákò

ótò > kákò

ò first book

lóy

ótò >

lóy

ò first woman

6. Initial syllable of the second form of the cardinal numerals is dropped when they are reduplicated to give the distributive meaning as

m

® f / when reduplicated

Examples

m

+ m

> m

four each
m

ò + m

ò > m

ò five each

7. Present tense marker -là is deleted when preceded by the aspect marker i.e. -th¡kà as

là ® f / -t^h

kà

Examples

ts

+ t^h

kà + là > ts

t^h¡kà (I) have eaten
k^hà + t^hkà + là > k^hàt^h

kà (I) have read

8. Final syllable of the aspect marker t^h

kà is dropped when followed by the past tense marker -c^hò as

à ® f /c^hò

Examples

ts + t^hkà + c^hò > tst^hc^hò (I) had eaten

k^h

+ t^h

kà + c^hò > k^h

t^hakc^hò (I) had read

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