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MORPHOPHONEMIC'S |
| 1. External
Sandhi |
| By and large, the Missing
word maintains a disyllabic structure. When two such words join together
to form a phrase in a compound, the initial syllables of both the
participant words are deleted. |
| Examples
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ami
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+
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ane
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ą
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mine
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‘goddess’
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man
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mother
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ari
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+
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ak
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ą
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rik
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‘one line’
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line
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one
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alag
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+
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atam
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ą
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lagtam
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‘palm’
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hand
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palm
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ami
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+
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ļlļn
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ą
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milļn
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‘a big family’
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man
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countless
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ami
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+
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ļrļ
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ą
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mirļ
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‘virtuous man’
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man
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virtue
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ami
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+
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kayum
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ą
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miyum
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‘beautiful girl’
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man
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beauty
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ami
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+
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mėzļ
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ą
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mizļ
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‘old man’
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man
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old
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ag¨m
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+
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lumaN
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ą
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gmma
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‘dumb’
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ward
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unable to say
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ami
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+
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ytpag
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ą
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mipag
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‘outsider’
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man
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elsewhere
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| 2. Internal
Sandhi |
| (a) Apicodental nasal
/n/ changes homorganically with the following stop : |
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kan + ka (ne)
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ą
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kakane
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‘beautiful’
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sin + pa(ma)
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ą
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simpama
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‘did not find’
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mon + ba(ne)
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ą
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mombane
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‘stupid’
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akn
+ ke
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ą
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kke
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‘day before yesterday’
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pin + gp
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ą
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pigp
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‘speedy’
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| (b) Velar stops become
velar nasal when followed by apicodental nasal : |
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{ k }
|
ą
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/-n
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{ g }
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alag + nė
|
ą
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lanė
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‘thumb’
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and formative
suffix
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(la)pag + nam
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ą
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lapanam
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‘to reject’
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prk
+ nė
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ą
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rnė
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‘hen’
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cock
fem suffix
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(mė)pak + nė
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ą
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mėpanė
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‘one who thinks again’
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| (c) Voiceless stops
become voiced when they precede suffixes beginning with voiced consonants
except /n/ |
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[p]
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[b]
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[m]
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[t]
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ą
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[d]
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/
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[+ voice]
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ą
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[n]
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/
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[+ nasal]
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[k]
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[g]
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[
]
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amik
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+
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asi
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ą
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* miksi
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ą
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migsi
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‘tears’
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eye
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water
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