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This document is a list of loanword suffixes which have a long monophthong. This affects mainly non-high vowels, like a, e, o. The orthography has a way of marking high vowels as long: iij, uv, ov.

Rule: The stressed vowel of the source language is long before QI or QII

-loga : /looka/     fonologa, teologa
-logalaš: /lookalaš/  fonologolaš, morfologalaš

(but not -logiija, since the stressed vowel is /i/ in the source language, and i is marked as long in orthography)

-eret: /eereht/     transkriberet, demonstreret
-eren: /eeren/      transkriberen, demonstreren


-ehtalaš: /eehtalaš/    teorehtalaš, ehtalaš
-ehta: /eehta/      kvalitehta, fakultehta
-ema: /eema/        teorema, emfysema, morfema
-ola: /oola/        alkohola, kolesterola
-ohpa: /oohpa/      teleskohpa, biotohpa, 
-noma: /nooma/      astronoma, 
-nyma: /nyyma/      homonyma, anonyma
-sofa /soofa/       filosofa, 

In the words which end in a, the long monophthong in the centre prevents latus lengthening from applying. /looka/ vs /lokaa/

Common words:

toga /'thoo.ka/
temá /'thee.maa/
piano /'phi.ˌaa.nuu/
kamela /'kha.ˌmee.la/ (vs. kamera which is /'khaa.ˌme.ra/)
katolalaš /'kha.ˌthoo.la.laš/
kánelat/kanelat /'kha.ˌnee.laht/
aroma /'a.ˌroo.maa/
báŋkogiro /'paaŋ.hko.ˌkii.ruu/
garaša: /'ka.ˌraa.ša/
kivi: /'khii.vii/
kore/gore: /'koo.re/
lore: /'loo.re/