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'''a e i u ā ē ī ō ū ê î ô û''' /a ɛ~e ɪ~ɨ ʊ~o aː ɛː iː ɔː uː ɛːː iːː ɔːː uːː/ | '''a e i u ā ē ī ō ū ê î ô û''' /a ɛ~e ɪ~ɨ ʊ~o aː ɛː iː ɔː uː ɛːː iːː ɔːː uːː/ | ||
Minimal pairs and triples for overlong vowels: | |||
* ''jammo'' 'seaward', ''jammō'' 'a dove', ''jammô'' 'her sea' | |||
* ''ju'' 'or' ''jū'' 'they were' ''jû'' 'they will be' | |||
* ''suprī'' 'count! (f.sg.)', ''suprî'' 'literary, written' | |||
* ''harbi!'' 'do something a lot! (m.sg.)' ''harbī!'' 'ibid., f.sg.' ''harbî'' 'numerous' | |||
* ''bētū'' 'his house', ''bētû'' 'his houses' | |||
* ''rū3ē'' 'evils of', ''rū3ê'' 'friends of' | |||
Many instances of long and overlong vowels resulted from dropped aleph and he and instances of lost gemination in grammatical affixes. For example: ''pû'' 'come! (m.sg.)' (from *būʔ < *buʔ, Tiberian Hebrew /bo:/) | Many instances of long and overlong vowels resulted from dropped aleph and he and instances of lost gemination in grammatical affixes. For example: ''pû'' 'come! (m.sg.)' (from *būʔ < *buʔ, Tiberian Hebrew /bo:/) | ||