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* '''a''' or '''ā''' and a following long vowel (or '''æ''' or '''å''') get an epenthetic '''y''' (before ''ī'', ''ē'', ''æ'') or '''v''' (before ''ū'', ''å''). | * '''a''' or '''ā''' and a following long vowel (or '''æ''' or '''å''') get an epenthetic '''y''' (before ''ī'', ''ē'', ''æ'') or '''v''' (before ''ū'', ''å''). | ||
* When preceded by ''a'', other diphthongs get a prothetic ''y'' if their first element is front and a prothetic ''v'' if it is back. '''æ''' turns to '''ya'''. | * When preceded by ''a'', other diphthongs get a prothetic ''y'' if their first element is front and a prothetic ''v'' if it is back. '''æ''' turns to '''ya'''. | ||
For verbs with root-initial ''ṛ-'', the result depends on the preceding vowel: ''u-ṛ-'' (and ''o-ṛ-'' and ''au-ṛ-'') becomes ''(∅/a/ā)vṛ-'', while with all other vowels it is ''ṛ'' (or ''ṝ'') that becomes a semivowel, cf. ''švṛṣme'' "to believe" (šu-ṛsme), ''šuterṣmau'' "I believed" (šu-te-ṛṣmau). | |||
Vowel saṃdhi in vowel-ending verbal roots has a few extra rules — see [[Chlouvānem/Morphology#Vocalic_stems|Chlouvānem morphology § Verbs § Vocalic stems]]. | Vowel saṃdhi in vowel-ending verbal roots has a few extra rules — see [[Chlouvānem/Morphology#Vocalic_stems|Chlouvānem morphology § Verbs § Vocalic stems]]. | ||