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In examples (2a-c), the final vowel इ /i/ is deleted from the succeeding

segment पित /pʌti/ in (2a-b) and the final vowel आ /ɑ/ is deleted from the succeeding
segment खड़ा /kʰʌɽɑ/ in (2c).

c) Deletion of final vowels from both segments
During process of deletion, the final vowels from both the segments,

preceding and succeeding, are deleted, as shown in (3a-c).
(3) a. गदा+ /ɡʌrdɑ/ ‘dust’ + रोका /rokɑ/ ‘blocker’ = गद+रोक /ɡʌrdrok/ ‘dust-proof’

b. लकड़ी /lʌkʌɽi/ ‘wood’ + हारा /ɦɑrɑ/ ‘collecter’ = लक*हार /lʌkʌɽɦɑr/ ‘wood-cutter’

c. बकरी /bʌkʌri/ ‘she-goat’ + हारा /ɦɑrɑ/ ‘looker’ = बकहा+र /bʌkʌrɦɑr/ ‘goat-herder’
In examples (3a-c), the final vowel आ /ɑ/ from both the segments is deleted in

(3a), the final vowels इ /i/ form the preceding and आ /ɑ/ from the succeeding

segments are deleted in (3b-c).
Besides these, vowel deletion also occurs in a lexically controlled
morphophonological process, generally observed in the non-honorific imperative

forms of the verbs जा /jɑ/ 'go' and खा /kʰɑ/ 'eat' as Chitoniya Tharu (Paudyal 2013:82)

exhibits. Hence, the root final आ /ɑ/ is omitted before the imperative marker -ओ /-o/

to the verb root, as shown in (4a-b).
(4) a. जो इहाँ से, कौनो काम नइखे ।

jo iɦɑ ̃ se kɔno kɑm nʌikʰe
jɑ-o iɦɑ ̃ se kɔno kɑm nʌikʰ-e

go-IMP here source any work be.NEG.PRES-3SG
'Get out from here, there is no job.' (09.400)

b. टाएम हो गइल, बेरह0टआ खो ।

ʈɑem ɦo ɡʌil berɦʌʈiɑ kʰo
ʈɑem ɦo jɑ-il berɦʌʈiɑ kʰɑ-o
time be go-3SG.PST refreshment eat-IMP

'Time is appropriate, have your refreshment.'
Examples (4a-b) show that the verb root final -आ /-a/ from जा /jɑ/ 'go' in (4a) as

well as from खा /kʰɑ/ 'eat' in (4b) is deleted before affixing the imperative marker -ओ /-o/.

5.1.2 Deletion of a consonant
A consonant either in the final position of the preceding or initial position of

the succeeding segment is deleted during assimilation.

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