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A voiceless vowel cluster becomes voiced when followed by any suffix: 



scigaitE (scikAi+-tE) / (didn't) lie down 

 Compare: 



skuikAi I lay down 



Vowel clusters resulting from the suffixation of -kuyA (see "Mis- 

 cellaneous Processes") are likewise voiced: 



subeukuyA (supE+-kuyA) I am eating 

 Compare: 



supE / ate 



Certain final voiceless vowels become voiced and long when followed 

 by any suffix: 



sdud^umise-tE (sdudyumisE4--tE) we (don't) remember you 



Compare: 



sdudyumisE (sdudyumi4- plural suffix, -se) we remember you 



It cannot be predicted from the phonological environment whether 

 or not a voiceless vowel undergoes this change (see "Stem variants"). 

 The fact is indicated in the listing of forms by the vowel length symbol 

 in parentheses: 



-§e(-) plural suffix 



A sequence (vowel + unglottalized semivowel + vowel) in which 

 neither vowel is accented, behaves as a single unit with respect to 

 voicing; it is either completely voiceless or completely voiced. A 

 voiceless sequence of this type becomes voiced when followed by any 

 suffix: 



s^tiguyasa (satikuyA+'Sa) you are crying 

 Compare: 



satikuyA you cried 



Of much less frequent occurrence than the above processes is the 

 unvoicing of a stem-final vowel. This occurs when a completely 

 voiceless suffix follows a stem which normally terminates in an un- 

 accented voiced vowel preceded by a voiceless consonant: 



sdutisa (s:iudi+-sa) I am planting 

 Compare: 



sdudi / planted 



The alternation between aspirated and unaspirated consonants 

 seen in some of the examples cited in this section is closely linked to 

 the voicing and unvoicing of vowels. The unaspirated consonants, 

 b, d, g, z, and z, do not occur preceding voiceless vowels. When a 

 normally voiced vowel is unvoiced, as in / am planting, a preceding 



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