-ri

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Munja'kin

Etymology

From Proto-Munja'kin *ori.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /-ɾi/

Suffix

-ri

  1. co-occurs with verbal nominalizations

Suffix

-ri may cause a verb's final vowel to change, is preceded by either d or g after n and causes a preceding s to voice:

Effects of -ri
Final sound +ri
í (Proto-Munja'kin *ai) iri
i uri
ú (Proto-Munja'kin *au)
u
a (Proto-Munja'kin *e)
o
a ori
n ndri
n (Proto-Munja'kin *ŋ) ngri
s zri
Derived Terms