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4-3.22.13 Avoidance of nongeminate vowel sequences

As in the case of the interrogative kawki '‘where'
and the demonstrative k"uri ‘way over yonder’, the |
demonstratives aka ‘'this', uka 'that', and k"aya ‘over
yonder' (see 5-2.2) may also be suffixed with -:- ver-
balizer plus -iri ‘actor/purposive'. In these cases
a rule obligatory everywhere except Huancané converts
the vowel sequence */ai/ to /i:/, e. g. *akairi is
realized as ak.i:ri.

Across juncture in certain temporal roots a
similar process occurs, converting the vowel sequence

k/au/ to /u:/.

jich"a ‘now’ + uru ‘day’ > jich"u:ru 'today'

(La Paz, Juli, Sitajara, Jopoqueri, Salinas,
Morocomarca )

maya ‘one, other' + uru 'day' >
mayu:ru (Salinas)
mayuru (La Paz, Jopoqueri)

Other similar compound temporals consisting of a modifier
root (not always free) plus uru ‘day' are shown in Figure
5-1. Another example is kunu:ru ‘what day, when' from

kuna ‘what' plus uru ‘day’.