Verbs | Verbs + Habitual Suffixes | Remarks |
ɖa (to cook) | ɖa-a | Lengthening of the verb-stem-final vowel |
ʄu (to run) | ʄuw-ɔ | Raising of the central vowel /a/, (the truncated form of the habitual marker -na), to the level of mid back vowel ɔ due to the insertion of /w/ between “u” and “-a”. |
dze (to split) | dz[e]-iy-e | The verb-stem-final vowel e is interchanged with i, a higher front vowel and the habitual marker -a is then assimilated to -e to harmonise with the front vowel. There is also an insertion of “y”. |
ʄo (to beat) | ʄ[o]u w-ɔ | There is a substitution of the high back vowel /u/ for the low back vowel /o/ in some cases. /w/ is inserted between the “u” or “o” in some cases, and the habitual marker -a. The -a is subsequently backed, raised and rounded to /ɔ/. |
wɔ (to perform a role) | wɔ-ɔ | Lengthening of the verb-stem-final vowel instead of the clipped habitual marker -a. |
dzi (to sing) | dziy-e | Insertion of /j/ between “i” and -a. Raising of the central vowel /a/ to “e” due to the insertion of /j/. |