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occurs immediately before a final dropped vowel; if the

vowel is not dropped (even if it is devoiced) the rule
will operate:
Ma.nti [mandi] ala.ni.rap.ita.11. ‘Buy it again for me.'
ma.nti ‘again’ ala.ni.fia 'to buy'

In the next example, tungqu ‘corn' as zero complement
(4-3.31.2) loses its final vowel, blocking the voicing

rule even though the following word begins with a vowel.

Tung@ [tong] ap.j.t"a ampara.nti [ambarandi]
: =
'I am carrying corn in my hands.' tunqu '‘corn'

ampara 'hand'

Aspiration or glottalization also blocks voicing,

as in the following:

wint"u [wint"u] ‘corner’

wank'u [wank'u] ‘guinea pig’
Nor does voicing occur in Spanish loans that lack it.

sirwinta [sirwinta] < Spanish sirvienta