Lengthening of a Vowel

Lengthening of a Vowel

Possibility #3

When the first vowel is elided, the following vowel may be lengthened.

tatraayaṃ > tatrāyaṃ

aa > ā

This means:

when a word ends in a,

and the next word starts with a,

the first a can be elided,

and the second a can be lengthened.

In Kaccāyana this is called (15) dīghaṃ.

aa > ā

ca	api	cāpi
and	even	and even
samajja	abhicaraṇa	samajjābhicaraṇa
festivals	roaming around	roaming festivals
sa	attha	sāttha
with	meaning	in meaning
suñña	agāra	suññāgāra
empty	dwelling	empty dwelling

āa > ā

sā	assa	sāssa
she	for him	that for him
manasā	anupekkhita	manasānupekkhita
by mind	recollected	mentally recollected

ia > ā

api	ahaṃ	apāhaṃ
even	I	even I
asati	asampajañña	asatāsampajañña
unmindful	not aware	not mindful or aware
idāni	ahaṃ	idānāhaṃ
now	I	now I

ea > ā

sace	ayaṃ	sacāyaṃ
if	this	if this
ve	api	vāpi
certainly	even	most certainly

oa > ā

so	ahaṃ	sāhaṃ
that	I	that I
appassuto	ayaṃ	appassutāyaṃ
unlearned	this	this unlearned (person)

āi > ī

saddhā	idha	saddhīdha
faith	here	faith here

ii > ī

yāni	idha	yānīdha
whoever	here	whoever here

īi > ī

kikī	iva	kikīva
blue jay	like	like a blue jay

au > ū

acira	upasampanna	acirūpasampanna
not long	ordained	recently ordained
dosa	upasaṃhita	dosūpasaṃhita
hatred	connected with	connected with hatred
kata	upāsana	katūpāsana
done	training	experienced
idha	upapanno	idhūpapanno
here	reborn	reborn here

āu > ū

tathā	upama	tathūpama
such	like	similar to that
uu > ū
bahu	upakāra	bahūpakāra
much	help	very helpful

what is Possibility #3 ?

When the first vowel is elided, the following vowel may be lengthened.