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	The above cases were all regular. Vowel quality, phonation and gemination (if applicable) all migrated unchanged from one syllable to another. However, there are many cases in which the nominalised word undergoes irregular changes e.g. /kʷaɴˈdɨ̰ka/ [kʷanˈdɨ̰ːka̰] - "to reverse" becomes /ˈkʷa̤ɴdɨka/ [ˈkʷa̤ɴdɨ̤ka] - "reversal", /ɲɨkɨˈhə̰ɻa/ [ɲikɨˈhʌ̰ːɻɑ̰] - "to rent out land" becomes /naˈʔɨ̤kɨhəɻa/ [naˈʔɨ̤ːkɨhʌɻɑ] - "land for rent", and /cɨtanaˈhɨ̰/ [citanaˈhɨ̰ː] - "to make dirty" becomes /cɨhəˈta̤nːə/ [cihəˈta̤nːə̤] - "dirty (thing)".		The above cases were all regular. Vowel quality, phonation and gemination (if applicable) all migrated unchanged from one syllable to another. However, there are many cases in which the nominalised word undergoes irregular changes e.g. /kʷaɴˈdɨ̰ka/ [kʷanˈdɨ̰ːka̰] - "to reverse" becomes /ˈkʷa̤ɴdɨka/ [ˈkʷa̤ɴdɨ̤ka] - "reversal", /ɲɨkɨˈhə̰ɻa/ [ɲikɨˈhʌ̰ːɻɑ̰] - "to rent out land" becomes /naˈʔɨ̤kɨhəɻa/ [naˈʔɨ̤ːkɨhʌɻɑ] - "land for rent", and /cɨtanaˈhɨ̰/ [citanaˈhɨ̰ː] - "to make dirty" becomes /cɨhəˈta̤nːə/ [cihəˈta̤nːə̤] - "dirty (thing)".


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