Examples:
(See Comments
for key to special characters used.) |
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| Active |
Passive |
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UR |
Gloss |
| aroha |
arohaina |
*arohania |
arohan |
‘love’ |
| tahu |
tahuna
(see related processes
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*tahunia |
tahun |
‘burn’ |
| kai |
kaiNa |
*kaiNia |
kaiN |
‘eat’ |
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Conditions: |
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Morpheme-final segments other than non-labial nasals do not trigger metathesis.
| Active |
Passive |
UR |
Gloss |
| maka |
makaia |
maka |
‘throw’ |
| awhi |
awhitia |
awhit |
‘embrace’ |
| hopu |
hopukia |
hopuk |
‘catch’ |
| inu |
inumia |
inum |
‘drink’ |
| mau |
mauria |
maur |
‘carry’ |
‘wh’= voiceless bilabial fricative or [f]
When a morpheme-final non-labial nasal is preceded by a vowel that
does not differ from it in backness, metathesis fails to apply.
| Active |
Passive |
UR |
Gloss |
| tohu |
tohuNia *tohuiNa |
tohuN |
‘point out’ |
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Motivation: |
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No information currently available. |
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Related processes: |
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a. Truncation deletes syllable final consonants.
| UR |
Passive verb |
Nominalized verb |
Simple verb |
Gloss |
| mahi |
mahia |
mahiNa |
mahi |
‘work’ |
| motok |
motokia |
motokaNa |
moto *motok |
‘punch’ |
| inum |
inumia |
inumaNa |
inu *inum |
‘drink’ |
b. A morpheme-initial vowel is deleted after high or front vowels.
This is basically limited to the formation of the passive voice verb forms.
However this language generally does not possess a great deal of inflectional
morphology to begin with a vowel.
| Passive verb |
Gloss |
| noho-ia |
‘sit on’ |
| mahi-a *mahi-ia |
‘work’ |
| whiu-a *whiu-ia |
‘chase’ |
‘wh’= voiceless bilabial fricative or [f]
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Comments: |
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Special Symbols:
N = velar nasal
Last updated: 10/4/2002
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References: |
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Sanders, Gerald. 1990. On the Analysis and Implications of Maori
Verb Alternations. Lingua 80. 149-196.
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