The Paamese morphophonological/twolc rules file

The Paamese letters, symbols and letter sets

Alphabet and symbols

• a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z æ ø å á é ó ú í à è ò ù ì ä ë ö ü ï â ê ô û î ã ý þ ñ ð ß ç

• ā ē ī ō ū.

• %> %<
• %+:0 for reduplication, see B&K p. 488

Sets

Vow = a e i o u ;

• Cns = b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x y z ;

Rule section

Reduplication rules

RULE: R realisation as consonant = vora - Vopora

RULE: E realisation as vowel = vora - vOpora

RULE: Initial stem consonant change = vora - voPora

• RE+vora

• vo0pora

• RE+dora

• do0rora

• RE+tora
• to0tora

Suffix rules

RULE: Delete affix initial -i- = for e- and o- stems in the Px declension.

RULE: i is backed to u before u over a morpheme boundary

• example: ni+uasi+e = nuuasie (1SG.dist.hit.3SG; I will hit him)
• example: i+umo = ūmo (3PL.dist.work; they will work)
• ni>uasi>e
• nu>0asi>e
• i>umo
• u>umo

RULE: e is backed to o where there is a following u = This rule applies only when the front vowel precedes the back vowel, and not when it follows the back vowel. This rule is stated without reference to any morpheme boundaries. We should consider %< instead of %> (for prefixes)

• example: he+uasi+e –> houasie 3SG.dist.hit.3SG; he will hit him)
• example: he+usili+e –> housilie (3SG.dist.follow.3SG; he will follow him)
• he>uasi>e
• ho>uasi>e

RULE: Vowel deletion in stem medial position = works in stem medial position, a vowel is deleted between an identical vowel and any other vowel, either preceding or following it

• ni>uasi>e
• nu>0asi>e
• example: ni+uasi+e –> nūasie –> nuasi (1SG.dist.hit.3SG; I will hit him)

RULE: e raising = e raises to i between the vowels o and a on the one hand, and the vowels a and a on the other.

• lenga>ealo
• lenga>ialo
• lango>ealo
• lango>ialo

RULE: e deletion = e is deleted whenever it occurs in the sequence iea

• vati>ealo
• vati>0alo

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This (part of) documentation was generated from src/fst/morphology/phonology.twolc