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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)". | ||
===Verbalisation=== | |||
Similarly, nouns / adjectives (they are not distinguished in the grammar) can become verbs meaning "to make X" by shifting the stress to the right e.g. /ˈkə̰dːəmə/ [ˈkə̰dːəmə] - "child" becomes /kəˈdə̰mːə/ [kəˈdə̰mːə̰] - "to have a child", and /ˈka̤ɫːaʔɨdʷɨʔa/ [ˈkɑ̤ɫːɑ̤ʔudʷuʔa] - "warm" becomes /kaɫaˈʔɨdːʷɨʔa/ [ˈkɑɫɑˈʔṳdːʷṳʔa] - "to make warm". | |||
There are also many irregular verbalisations e.g. /ˈkʷa̰jːa/ [ˈkʷœ̰jːæ̰] - "fire" becomes /ˈkʷaˈja̤/ [kʷœˈjæ̤ː] - "to burn", and /maˈhɨ̤ɻːɨ/ [maˈhɤ̤ɻːɤ̤] - "goop / mush" becomes /mʲɨˈɾʲɨ̰/ [mʲiˈɾʲḭː] - "to mash up". | |||