gassima-: gasama- ~ gasœma- ~ gasima- 'catch, get', modern dialects gasama- ~ gasœma- Development of ř OKY had one more consonant than modern WCL, transcribed ř. Though the actual pronunciation of this sound and its difference from r was not given by any early writer, it most likely was a rhotic glide , perhaps with a palatal 'hue'. The loss of this sound in the other dialects (and in modern KY) occurred in the following rules; the changes were beginning to be evident already in OKY: Ř between like vowels or in deletes. OKY burugo (bùřùga) > modern dialects bùg, KLY bùùga 'marsh fly' OKY sřinge, singe > modern dialects singe 'fish/head carrying loop' OKY murrag (mœřaaga) > modern dialects maag, KLY maaga 'sweat, film' OKY dura (dœřàà) > modern dialects daa 'chest' Ř sporadically becomes [+hi] when in and the following syllable is stressed. OKY wœřàtha: KY wœyath, KLY wiyeth/wœyeth, KulY uyeth, KKY wath 'year' OKY norat (nœřàtha): KY nœyath/nath, KLY niyath, KulY niyath, KKY nath 'platform' OKY waraaba (wœřaba): KY uwiba, KLY wiiba, KulY wiiba, KKY waba 'green dove' OKY karrabie (kœřaba): KY kab(a) , KLY kab, KulY kœyaba, KKY kab 'paddle, oar' Ř becomes a [+V] glide when between [-hi] and [+hi] vowels, and between [+bak] and [-bak] vowels. OKY mari (maaři): KLY maayi, KKY maay 'pearl shell' OKY sarima (sařima): KLY sayim(a), KKY sayima/sayma 'outrigger float' OKY puri, prui (puuři, pœřuui): KLY puuyi, KKY puuy 'tree, plant, magic' OKY mekari (mekaři): KLY mekey, KKY mekay 'almond' OKY tituri (thithuři): KLY thithúúyi, KKY thithuy 'star' OKY Giralaga (Giřalaga): KLY Giyalaaga, KKY Giyalag 'Friday Island' OKY Mora (Muřa~Mořa): KLY Muwa, KKY Muwa~Mowa Vuř becomes when intervocalic. OKY Maurari (Mauřaři): modern dialects Maway(i) 'Wednesday Island' OKY tura (thuřa~thœuřa): modern dialects thœwa ~ thuwa 'shortness' Ř optionally becomes when syllable final and following [-hi] vowels; in at least two words metathesis first occurred. OKY kopar (kùpařa): KY,KLY,KulY kùpai, KKY kùpa 'umbilical cord' OKY kaura (kauřa): KKY kawa, KY > *kařua > kawa~kaiwa, KLY,KulY kaiwa 'island' OKY wauri (wauři): KKY wawi, KY,KLY,KulY > *wařua > waiwi 'arm-band shell' Ř deletes when syllable final following high vowels and non-final. OKY burkera (buřkera): KY bùker 'hot coal' Ř disappears when followed by unstressed i and more than one syllable. OKY ngörimuni (ngœřimùni): KKY,KY ngœimùn, KLY,KulY ngœlmùn 'our EXC PL' OKY myrabat (ngœiřabatha): modern dialects ngœibath 'fathers sister' OKY görigar, göriga (gœřigař[i]): modern dialects