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:: ''haaz'' 'old' + ''-ki'' (nominal) = ''haakki'' 'antique, relic' | :: ''haaz'' 'old' + ''-ki'' (nominal) = ''haakki'' 'antique, relic' | ||
Word-final vowels may also be altered or lost when they come into contact with initial vowels in compounds or endings | Word-final vowels may also be altered or lost when they come into contact with initial vowels in compounds or endings: | ||
* In words of three or more syllables, the vowel is always lost, e.g. ''arato'' 'food' + ''-oi'' (adjectival) = ''aratoi'' 'gluttonous', ''eshayo'' 'sea' + ''ugi'' 'bread' = ''eshayugi'' 'seaweed'. | |||
* Words of two syllables usually lose their final vowel, e.g. ''binji'' 'mountain' + ''arate'' 'gap' = ''binjarate'' 'mountain pass', but when the second word is only one syllable the final vowel sometimes remains, forming a glide in the case of ''i'' or ''u'' e.g. ''bigi'' 'eye' + ''uz'' 'water' = ''bigyuz'' 'tear'. | |||
* In reduplication, the final vowel usually remains in disyllables, but an epenthetic ''k'' (occasionally ''y'') is inserted between the elements: ''aze'''k'''aze'' 'very dark'. | |||
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