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

 
 
2. When attributive words like , kyù, and p are preceeded by nouns final ‘o’ of the nouns is deleted, as

 
  ® f / Attributive words

 
 
Examples
f fr °N
f kyù fr °kyù
f p fr °p«$

 
 
3. Final syllable of the pronoun ending in-p is deleted when followed by the reflexive suffix -pp, as

 
  p  ® f / pp

 
 

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. thm + rò = thmrò ‘thirty’
    thm means ‘three’ táró means ‘ten’
    i.e. thmrò = 3 X 10 = 30

 
  b. m + rò = rò forty
c. trók + rò = rókrò sixty

 
  5. Final syllable of the ordinal marker i.e. vótò is deleted optionally when used attributively a

 
  tò ® f / noun

 
  Examples  
  kyn vótò > kyn vó first man
fvótò > fvó first dog
kákò vótò > kákò vò first book
lóy v
ótò > lóyvò 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 > mz four each
mò + mò > mòò five each

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

là ® f / -th

 
  Examples

ts + thkà + là > tsth¡(I) have eaten
khà + thkà + là > khàth  (I) have read

 
 
8. Final syllable of the aspect marker thkà is dropped when followed by the past tense marker -chò as

 
  à ® f /chò

 
 

Examples

ts + thkà + chò > tsthchò (I) had eaten

 
  kh + thkà + chò > khthakchò (I) had read

 

 

 

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