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when a compound preverb is added, the verb or this preverb is complicated by the
particle and there is gi phonetic sequence; b) when the verb is of the object
structure, it is in the second person and g morpheme is followed by the i
morpheme of the subject or object version; c) the diphthongization is due to the
existence of o phoneme after the preverb e-: e + o > jo, which causes palatal
sequences ejo-, jo-.
3. ê > j or ê > j > 0 is the quality of the substantive determiner, the genitive
morpheme ê moves into j both in compounds and common collocations with
almost no exceptions. The indicated process is characteristic of all Kartvelian
languages. Thus, it represents a common Kartvelian phenomenon. There are some
exceptions: uÄaêi > uÄaj “elder”, þveêi > þvej “old”, oêi > oj “hundred”
(with compound numerals in certain phonetic positions), boêi > boj “boy”
(vocative), aêo / aêi > aj “over here”, in whose structure the iotization of the ê
phoneme is interpreted in a different way (Comp. E. Lomtadze).
On the basis of the published text material and our field trip entries it is established
that iotization is characteristic of the whole Megrelian, but this process is not
uniform according to the dialects, in particular, l > j and ê > j processes, as
well as i > j processes , are confirmed in Senakian-Martvilian. On the other
hand, only the latter is characteristic of Zugdidian-Samurzakanoan.
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