It must be noted that ST fairly systematically deletes intervocalic ฌ
v and ก k (phonetically [h]) in certain environments. The rules are
very complicated, but for ฌ v one can state that if it is not the case
of a future or causative marker of weak verbs, or the product of sandhi, ฌ
v and the vowel that follows it will probably be deleted after the
second syllable of a word: ุฝิดุยแฃ poohaveenum
--> [po '161
han
].For further
discussion, cf. Schiffman 1993.
In the case of intervocalic ก k (phonetically [h]) it is deleted
regularly when it is the present-tense marker of a weak verb: ุฝิดีลิฒ
pookiraay --> [po '161
r
] `you
(sg.) go'. In other circumstances, e.g. ุฝิดมิฃ poohalaam
`one may go' in slower speech [h] is present, in more rapid colloquial
speech, it is absent: [po '161
l a]. Even across morpheme
boundaries, e.g. with the postposition ดีฅืน kitte the ก
k first laxes to [h] or [c] and then may be deleted: วย๕ดดีฅืน
avangahitte --> [av '025
'070
gatt
] `with, near them.' The same may happen with the
durative aspectual marker ดีฅ�็ kittiru:
ถิคฝีฅเดีฅ�็�ปิ saappittuhittirunda '161
--> [sa '161
pt '124
tr '124
nda '161
]
`she was eating'.