| (b)
y + (p, t, k, s, z, F, l,w) |
| yp |
aypu |
`needle’ |
| yt |
aytu |
`gravel’ |
| yk |
ayko |
`skin’ |
| ys |
aysahu |
`nail’ |
| yz |
ayz |
`pond’ |
| yF |
sayF |
`to
fetch some one’ |
| yl |
ayliqu |
`buffalo’ |
| yw |
seywö |
`beatle’ |
|
|
| 7.
Sequences having h in C2 position : |
| (p,
t, c, k, q, m, n, l) + h |
| ph |
aphe |
`lungs’ |
| th |
atha |
`fat’ |
| ch |
ach |
`a
thread ball’ |
| kh |
akhu |
`plate’ |
| qh |
aqhu |
`samber’ |
| mh |
amho |
`feather’ |
| nh |
anha |
`mucus’ |
| lh |
alhe |
`packet
of food’ |
|
|
| 8.
Sequences having in C2 position : |
| (p,
k, g, n, s, l, w, y) + y |
| py |
acipyu |
`acquit’ |
| ky |
cekyompe |
`coming
year’ |
| gy |
thogyś |
`tomorrow’ |
| ny |
akinyu |
`day
after tomorrow’ |
| sy |
kepusya |
`could
have’ |
| ly |
klalyś |
`bride’ |
| wy |
aFįwye |
`the
bird’ |
| yy |
ayyepś |
`star’ |
|
|
| 9.
Miscellaneous : |
|
| It
may be mentioned here that while staing the occurrences of different
sequences available in Sema, no effort is made to distinguish between
the sequences, occurring within a morph and at the morph/word boundary.
What is pertinent to note here is that the citation form of almost
the entire nouns in Sema language begins with the pronominal clitic
a. Whenever a noun follows without pause another morph/word, the pronominal
clitic a drops out automatically with the result that at the morph/word
boundary one could have sequences that otherwise do not occur in the
language, for instance. |
| azah
`law’ +
azekha `Penal’ |
| azahzekha
`penal code’ |
| Instances
of such combinations are avoided here. |
| Sequences
of Vowels |
| It
was already mentioned that sequences of vowels are permissible in
Sema language. The largest number of vowels that can form a sequence
is two. These also include a sequence of v1 v1. It is however, to
be noted that a sequence of V1 V1 is not a mere lengthening of V1
(i.e., phonetic length being considered as a sequence of two vowels
at the phonemic level) but two different occurrences of V1 and in
this it is possible to have two different tones on the two vowels
forming the sequence of V1 V1 for instance, |
| akuś |
`call
a person’ |
| nonģķ |
`damp’ |
| ciili |
`earth
quake’ |
| aa |
`place’ |
| aį |
`to
call a person’ |
|
|
| There
are certain restrictions/limitations in the occurrences of V1 V1/V1
V2 clusters in Sema. |
| These
are stated below : |
| (i)
A sequence of V1 V1 is permissable with all vowels except the front
half-open and the central vowels. |
| (ii)
The close central vowel ö, does not occur in V2 position. |
| (iii)
Only the back and the front close vowels (i.e., u.i.) and the
open vowel (i.e. a) can occur in V2 position with all the vowels including
themselves. |
(iv)
The back half-close vowel viz. o can occur in V2 position with itself
and also with its counter parts in close and front positions (i.e.,
u, e) and also with the open vowel a but the front half- close vowel
in V2 position can occur only with its counterpart in the back position
and with the close vowels.
|
