Gevey noun stem alteration

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When a object's complex is seperated from the object stem - typically when forming the accusative case, or when a verb stem is inserted into the object to form a compound word - the object stem will often undergo alteration. The purpose of this alteration is mainly to make the spoken language flow more easily.

Generally, if the separation leaves a legal coda at the end of the stem, then no change occurs. Legal codas include: b, bd, c, ck, ct, d, dj, dx, dz, f, ft, g, gjg, gjk, gx, k, kc, l, lb, ltc, ltc, ld, ldz, ljd, ljdz, ljs, ljt, ljts, ljz, ldx, ldx, lp, ls, lt, lts, lz, m, mb, mp, ntc, nd, ndz, ndx, nt, nts, p, pt, q, qj, qjd, qt, rj, rjb, rjtc, rjd, rjdz, r, rp, rt, rjdx, rjm, rjts, sk, st, t, tc, tj, ts, v, vd, wjtc, wjdz, wjg, wg, wk, wjdx, wjk, wjts, x, xg, y, ytc, ydz, ydx, yts, zd, zdj, zg.

Where the noun stem ends in an 'illegal' word-final coda, a vowel is inserted between the penultimate and final consonants of the coda; the choice of vowel is for the main part determined by the final syllable's nucleus - be aware that some words do this even if their stems end in a legal coda (for example, tintcu):

The following codas are irregular:

Multiconsonant codas ending with rj, r, wj, w, nj, n, lj, y are also irregular - the codas are altered in the following ways:

Finally, some words are entirely irregular:

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