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===Syllabification=== | ===Syllabification=== | ||
In unstressed prefixes, colourless or epenthetic vowels may drop out in favour of syllabification of an adjacent fricative or nasal. This is represented in the romanisation by a dot placed under the non-vocalic consonant letter (vowels are simply represented as such) | In unstressed prefixes, colourless or epenthetic vowels may drop out in favour of syllabification of an adjacent fricative or nasal. This is represented in the romanisation by a dot placed under the non-vocalic consonant letter (vowels are simply represented as such). | ||
An example of the former is the inalienable possession prefix ''(a)n-'' becoming ''an-''. Some word stems have inherent consonantal prefixes that get resolved the same way: ''n-doo-'' "(fire) smoke" becomes '' | An example of the former is the inalienable possession prefix ''(a)n-'' becoming ''an-''. Some word stems have inherent consonantal prefixes that get resolved the same way: ''n-doo-'' "(fire) smoke" becomes ''ṇdoo-'' in the absence of a prefix, and ''ʼadṇdoo-'' when the transitive-volitional ''ʼah-'' is added. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
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Sometimes stems appear connected through no longer productive processes, such as '' | Sometimes stems appear connected through no longer productive processes, such as ''ṃmohwa'' "cook", related also to ''oo''. | ||
===Nominals=== | ===Nominals=== | ||
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! Distal | ! Distal | ||
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| '' | | ''ṃmõõ'' | ||
| ''emmõõ'' | | ''emmõõ'' | ||
| ''ommõõ'' | | ''ommõõ'' | ||
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|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ṃmõõ bo | ||
|IPA=[m̩ˈmũ̯õ̞ː‿ᵐbʊ] | |IPA=[m̩ˈmũ̯õ̞ː‿ᵐbʊ] | ||
|gloss=POSS-head=TOP:CRESC | |gloss=POSS-head=TOP:CRESC | ||
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|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ṃmõõ la | ||
|IPA=[m̩ˈmũ̯õ̞ː‿ⁿd͡ɮɐ] | |IPA=[m̩ˈmũ̯õ̞ː‿ⁿd͡ɮɐ] | ||
|gloss=POSS-head=TOP:STAT | |gloss=POSS-head=TOP:STAT | ||
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{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase=ʼao gos | |phrase=ʼao gos ṃmõõ la | ||
|IPA=[ʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ‿z̠m̩.mũ̯õː‿ⁿd͡ɮɐ] | |IPA=[ʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ‿z̠m̩.mũ̯õː‿ⁿd͡ɮɐ] | ||
|gloss=ao=TOP:ACT-CVB:LOC INAL-head=TOP:STAT | |gloss=ao=TOP:ACT-CVB:LOC INAL-head=TOP:STAT | ||