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c. द0रआ /dʌriɑ/ ‘river’ + आँव /ɑo/ ‘watershed’ = द0रआँव /dʌriɑo/ ‘watershed of
̃
̃
a river’: आ /ɑ/ + आ /ɑ/ = आ /ɑ/.

d. जड़ी /jʌɽi/ ‘medicinal plant’ + इलाज /ilɑj/ ‘treatment’ = जड़ीलाज /jʌɽilɑj/

‘medicinal plant-treatment’: इ /i/ + इ /i/ = इ /i/.
e. मेही /meɦi/ ‘fine’ + इिलम /ilim/ ‘skill’ = मेिहिलम /meɦilim/ ‘micro-skill’: इ

/i/ + इ /i/ = इ /i/.

f. पानी /pɑni/ ‘water’ + इनार /inɑr/ ‘well’ = पानीनार /pɑninɑr/ ‘water-well’: इ

/i/ + इ /i/ = इ /i/.

̃
̃
g. बछi /bʌcʰʌru/ ‘calf’ + उदाँव /udɑo/ ‘free’ = बछiदाँव /bʌcʰʌrudɑo/ ‘bond-
free calf’: उ /u/ + उ /u/ = उ /u/.
h. गjँ /ɡʌɦũ/ ‘wheat’ + उिसनी /usini/ ‘boiling’ = गjँिसनी /ɡʌɦũsini/ ‘wheat-

boiling (pot)’: उ /u/ + उ /u/ = उ /u/.

(iv) Gliding

If high front vowel इ /i/ or high back vowel उ /u/ in final position of a segment
comes in contact with any initial vowel of the succeeding segment, it changes into

voiced unaspirated palatal glide य् /y/ or its bilabial counterpart व् /w/ respectively, as
shown in (27a-f):

(27) a. अित /ʌti/ ‘excess’ + अख*जन /ʌkʰʌɽjʌn/ ‘oppresive act’ = अAयख*जन

/ʌtyʌkʰʌɽjʌn/ ‘excessive oppressive act’: इ /i/ + अ /ʌ/ = य् /y/.

b. पानी /pɑni/ ‘water’ + आइल /ɑil/ ‘come’ = पIयाइल /pʌnyail/ ‘watered’: इ /i/
+ आ /ɑ/ = य् /y/, with vowel raising in the preceding segment.

c. राती /rɑti/ ‘night’ + आइल /ɑil/ ‘come’ = रAयाइल /rʌtyɑil/ ‘familiarized’: इ /i/

+ आ /ɑ/ = य् /y/, with vowel raising in the preceding segment.

d. कड़d /kʌɽu/ ‘bitter’ + आइल /ɑil/ ‘come’ = क*वाइल /kʌɽwɑil/ ‘bitterred’: उ /u/

+ आ /ɑ/ = व् /w/.

e. गi़ /ɡʌr ̥ u/ ‘thick’ + आइल /ɑil/ ‘come’ = गmवाइल /ɡʌr ̥ wɑil/ ‘thickened’: उ /u/

+ आ /ɑ/ = व् /w/.
f. बालु /bɑlu/ ‘sand’ + अटल /ʌʈʌl/ ‘non-perilous’ = बnवटल /bʌlwʌʈʌl/

‘sandished’: उ /u/ + अ /ʌ/ = व् /w/.

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