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 A-PDF Merger DEMO : Purchase from www.A-PDF.com to remove the wat CONTENTS 3 CHAPTER SECTION Final -u, -u : after consonants : 182 after vowels : 183-184 Final -e : varied treatments : 185-189 Final -o, in Coll. Assamese : 190 xvu IV. Initial Vowels : Aphaeresis : Change of Initial Vowels : a-, initial, and in initial syllables : followed by a single consonant : a-, in a position of stress : followed by conjuncts > -d- : a-, before conjuncts and a stressed syllable : a-, .before conjuncts : failure of compen- satory' lengthening : -a-, after labial sounds : -a-, in initial syllables followed by con- junct consonants > -o- : Optional lengthening of private affix a- : Initial d-, and d- in initial syllables : Before a single consonant and not followed by the long vowel -d- : Before conjunct consonants : Before conjunct consonants and fol- lowed by the long vowel -d- : i~, i- initial and ki initial syllables : Followed by a single consonant : Followed by conjunct consonants : ni- } dvi-, as prefixes : u-, u-, initial and in initial syllables : Followed by a single consonant : Followed by conjunct consonants :. . M.I.A. £-, c-, initial and in initial syllables : Followed by a single consonant : Followed by double consonants : 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209