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Some examples of stress placement: | Some examples of stress placement: | ||
* ''dilṭha'' "desert" [ | * ''dilṭha'' "desert" [ˈdiɴ̆ʈʰa] | ||
* ''upānāraḍa'' "seminary" [upaːˈnaːʀaɖa] | * ''upānāraḍa'' "seminary" [upaːˈnaːʀaɖa] | ||
* ''ñulge'' "to crawl (monodirectional)" [ˈɲuŋge] | * ''ñulge'' "to crawl (monodirectional)" [ˈɲuŋge] | ||
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* ''ñuganāja'' "we crawled" [ˌɲugaˈnaːɟ͡ʑa] | * ''ñuganāja'' "we crawled" [ˌɲugaˈnaːɟ͡ʑa] | ||
* ''driturkye'' "[I've been told that] (it) was done against you" [ˈdʀʲituˤkje] | * ''driturkye'' "[I've been told that] (it) was done against you" [ˈdʀʲituˤkje] | ||
* ''švaghṛṣṭrausis'' "tunnel" [ | * ''švaghṛṣṭrausis'' "tunnel" [ˌɕʋagʱʀ̩ˈʂʈʀaʊ̯sis] | ||
* ''švaghṛṣṭraustammikeika'' "tunnel railway station" [ | * ''švaghṛṣṭraustammikeika'' "tunnel railway station" [ˌɕʋagʱʀ̩ʂʈʀaʊ̯sˌtammiˈkeɪ̯ka] | ||
Words with unpredictable stress often have regional variations. For example, ''tandayena'' "spring (season)" is stressed as [tandaˈjena] in most of the East and Northeast but as regular [tanˈdajena] almost anywhere else (in this particular case, the irregular stress is actually closer to the etymology, as it is a borrowing from a Toyubeshian compound word). | Words with unpredictable stress often have regional variations. For example, ''tandayena'' "spring (season)" is stressed as [tandaˈjena] in most of the East and Northeast but as regular [tanˈdajena] almost anywhere else (in this particular case, the irregular stress is actually closer to the etymology, as it is a borrowing from a Toyubeshian compound word). | ||