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Í»Õ×À edire `opposite, across from; contrary to, against'

ÂÖ¥à¡Þ Í»Õ×À viittukku edire `across from, opposite the house'

In some dialects, Í»Õ×À edire combines with »Ô¨+ؽÔ×Á taan + poole `as if (just)' to form ͻկ»Ô¤¤×Á edittaaple `just opposite, facing, right across'.The LT form of ͻկ»Ô¤¤×Á edi(r)taaple would be ͻկ-»Ô¨-ؽÔÁ etir taan poola but the historical derivation of the ST form from the LT is not without problems. In some dialects, the final Ç a of ؽÔÁ poola may be phonetically more fronted, i.e. [æ] or even []. We represent it therefore as ¤×Á ple but ¤Á pla can also occur.This follows the general rule that the Ç a of infinitives (or words that are derived from infinitives) is often fronted to [æ], while other pre-pausal Ç a vowels, such as those marking adjectives, may remain phonetically lower and more central.



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