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Eyalian consonants can undergo two processes, called ''akȯnna'' ("strengthening") and ''heottine'' ("smoothing"). Both processes are often productive in word derivation. The ''akȯnna'' is a lengthening (gemination) of final consonants triggered by certain derivational suffixes (the word ''"akȯnna"'' is an example of this process too as it derives from the word ''"kone"'' ("strong"). Many adjectives are derived from verbs with this process: ''hilni'' "to choose" - ''hėllan "choise". ''Heottine'' is the opposite of ''akȯnna'' as it is the lenition of consonants in the same position. Unlike the other process, it can only affect plosives (/p/, /t/, /k/) and /f/: ''lafa'' ("dwelling") - ''lauta'' ("house"). A third process is not productive anymore, but it affected some old Eyalian words. It operated in a cluster of two consonants, when one or both should have underwent lenition: ''*su'''jd'''as''>''lȯ'''ht'''a'' (instead of expected ''**lȯhra''). It also affected approximants that did could not lenite in this position: *jinerees>''hėtti'' "brother-in-law''. In modern days this process not longer operates in Tarnan: ''eli'' ("being") + ''ja'' ("nominalization suffix") - ''elja'' ("life"), where "lj" is just palatalized, but did not change. | |||
In Old Eyalian there was also a dissimilatory process which involved a lenis consonant followed by another lenis consonant in the next syllable. In this position the first consonant strengthened. However, the conditions of this process are not well understood. Certain consonants, like *r, and *m did not trigger this process, while *q (which by those time had probably become [ʔ]) did. An example of such process is ''*jibe-'' > ''ceuni'' "to shine" (instead of the expected ''**heuni''), while other languages have a regular reflexes (Kianne - ''siū''). | |||
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