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W. S. Karunarilleke
2.11 A word in Apabhramısı cin range from monosyllabic to pentas!! in tcrm, of ';!!:bic stiucture Some examples follow.
be
monosyllabic
'oh'
'pillar' 'you'
huid done
disyllabic Chambh1 PUIN anca
various straight
trisyllabic forwardness an1101111
'mutual dekhaus
'to see 211!1111 'summoned' quadrisyllabic
hannmai colden 'pentasyllahıc Quadra - and penta-syllabic words are always poly-morphemic. 3. Remarks 3.1 latervoeshe single occurrence of stops
Thut intervocalıc single occurrence of stops other than vojocd letreflex is highly limited especially in unimorphemic word structures Hus stated earlier (cf sce under 1.231) The relative absence of the stops in this position is due to a historical change that yielded the following results : Old Indo-Aryan
Apabhramsa Unaspoate stops other
thun labial and ietroflex
V
V
-
-
-d
Aspirate stops other than
retroflex
V
>
-h
-th
dh
