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.
