Vowel Changes

Vowel Changes

All the previous possibilities involved elision of some sort.

All the following examples involve changes of the vowels.

Possibility #5

a or ā followed by i or ī can become e

a followed by u or ū can become o

i followed by u can become o

upaikkhati > upekkhati

ai > e

This means:

when a word ends in a,

and the next word starts with i,

together they become e

In Kaccāyana this is called (14) kvac’āsavaṇṇaṃ lutte.

ai > e

upa	ikkhati	upekkhati
towards, over	looks	looks over
aññassa	iva	aññasseva
of another	like	like of another (person)

aī > e

sa	√īr + ī	serī
(with)	to move	independent; free

āī > e

mahā	īsī	mahesī
great	sage	great sage

au > o

pāda	udaka	pādodaka
foot	water	water for washing feet
na	upeti	nopeti
not	approach	does not approach
ca	uggate	coggate
and	in risen up	and when risen up

aū > o

udaka	ūmi	udakomi1
water	wave	wave of water

not textual example

iu > o

vi	ucchijjati	vocchijjati
(very)	is cut up	is completely cut off

what is Possibility #5 ?

a or ā followed by i or ī can become e

a followed by u or ū can become o

i followed by u can become o