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stem vowel

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Noun1.stem vowel - a vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection
vowel, vowel sound - a speech sound made with the vocal tract open


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In short, non-high stem vowels a, e, and a of disyllabic weak-grade stems are preserved in morphologically unmarked forms whereas high stem vowels i, u, and [?
lannu 'gone' and lanna 'is said to go', nannu 'seen' and nanna 'is said to see', and the loss of the stem vowel in disyllabic-stem verbs with a long first syllable, cf.
 
 
 
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