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Rh II. Dissimilation without contact: thus in Dayak in the case of s : s, e.g. in tuso, "breast" < Original IN susu, tisa, "remainder" < Sanskrit śeša.

258. Dissimilation operates between WB and formative. In Sangirese the suffix -aṅ is replaced by -eṅ when the last syllable of the WB contains an a.

259. A special case of dissimilation is the one that goes so far as to cause one of the two sounds to disappear entirely. Whereas Dayak says tisa for sisa < śeša (§ 257), in Minangkabau the word takes the form iso, alongside of siso. This is a proceeding similar to the elision of the r in the dialectic Greek phatria, "brotherhood" < phratria (see Brugmann KvG, § 336).

260. Fracture is a term used in IE research to denote various processes; I use the term for the change of a into ea. Bajo changes the a in final aṅ into ea, at the same time transferring the accent on to the e; hence Bajo padéaṅ, "grass" < Original IN .pádaṅ The cases are numerous.