Possibility \#2
Possibility #2¶
When a dissimilar vowel follows another vowel, it is sometimes elided.
cakkhu
indriyaṃ > cakkhundriyaṃ
ui > u
This means:
when a word ends in u,
and the next word starts with i,
the i can be elided,
and only the u will remain.
In Kaccāyana this is called (13) vā paro asarūpo.
ai > a
| iti’ssa | ime | itissame |
| thus for him | these | thus for him these |
āi > ā
| chāyā | iva | chāyāva |
| shadow | like | like a shadow |
| attā | iti | attāti |
| self | thus/” | “self” |
āe > ā
| tamhā | eva | tamhāva |
| from that | just | just from that |
| sā | eva | sāva |
| she | just | just that |
ia > i
| iti | api | itipi |
| thus | and | and thus |
| iti | assa | itissa |
| thus | for him | thus for him |
| ua > u |
||
| nu | asi | nusi |
| are? | you are | are you? |
| utu | akkhāna | utukkhāna |
| season | announcing | announcing seasons |
ui > u
| cakkhu | indriya | cakkhundriya |
| eye | faculty | sense of sight |
| su | idaṃ | sudaṃ |
| indeed | this | truly this |
ue > u
| nu | ettha | nuttha |
| what? | here | what here? |
ūa > ū
| akataññū | asi | akataññūsi |
| knower of the uncreated | you are | you are a knower of the uncreated |
ea > e
| te | api | tepi |
| they | even | even they |
| sace | api | sacepi |
| if | even | even if |
ei > e
| dve | ime | dveme |
| two | these | these two |
| ākāse | iva | ākāseva |
| in the sky | just like | just like in the sky |
oa > o
| eso | ahaṃ asmi | esohamasmi |
| this | I am | I am this |
| so | api | sopi |
| he | also, even | also, even he |
oi > o
| cattāro | ime | cattārome |
| four | these | these four |
| yo | idha | yodha |
| whoever | here | whoever here |
| oe > o |
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| eko | eva | ekova |
| one | just | alone |
| pāto | eva | pātova |
| morning | just | early morning |
what is Possibility #2?
When a dissimilar vowel follows another vowel, it is sometimes elided.