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  • noun Plural form of allomorph.

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Examples

  • _She_ whispered, "They're called allomorphs, I think.

    New Race Joe Sullivan 2010

  • He bases this on the allomorphs of the plural suffix, -χva and -va.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • A while ago, I already explained on my blog that -cva and -va are indeed allomorphs of -chva cf.

    Ashes to ashes 2009

  • He bases this on the allomorphs of the plural suffix, -χva and -va.

    Some observations concerning Woodard's The Ancient Languages of Europe 2009

  • Some may wonder why I'm so sure that they are allomorphs of a single suffix instead of two distinct suffixes, but we can put this skepticism to rest right away.

    The loss of mediofinal 'h' in Pre-Proto-Etruscan 2008

  • Some may wonder why I'm so sure that they are allomorphs of a single suffix instead of two distinct suffixes, but we can put this skepticism to rest right away.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • Should this all seem obscure to most, the example of unialti "in the temple of Uni" based on the name of the goddess Uni, is a clear example showing that -ti and -θi are indeed allomorphs both signifying "in", just as in the example of TLE 174.

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • Should this all seem obscure to most, the example of unialti "in the temple of Uni" based on the name of the goddess Uni, is a clear example showing that -ti and -θi are indeed allomorphs both signifying "in", just as in the example of TLE 174.

    The imaginary Etruscan imperative in -thi 2007

  • * D-type verbs have a consonant stem (sC) and a vowel stem (sV) (e.g. sug.u/sugi, at.u/ate) The vowel stem is used whenever "available" (usually for MZ, RY and MR) and the consonant stem otherwise, but for some reason the RT and IZ consonant stems always take the post-vowel allomorphs.

    languagehat.com: JAPANESE VERBS. 2005

  • "Maybe so they can quit being low-status allomorphs and start playing games with the big boys — the way the Kalleyni and the Joru and the Y'tata do over in the Orion Arm."

    Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998

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