4-3.22.24 Reduction of fricative clusters
/sj/, /jis/, /sjs/ --> [8]

This rule operates in Salinas on the output of
the rule in 4-3.22.23 when /j/ is preceded and/or fol-

lowed by /s/, reducing the cluster to the alveolar frica-

tive [S$].

lura.s.j.ta [luraSta] ‘you were making/doing!
-Si- reflexive/reciprocal
- ta, - 2>+3 Simple tense
kuynt.t'.ka.raj.sma [kuyntt'karasma] ‘I've told the
story to you'

=,sma_ 12 Simple tense

Ifi.j.ta.s.j.sma.wa. [injtaSmawa] 'I know you.!
-si- reflexive/reciprocal

4-3.22.25 Affricate reduction rules
4-3.22.25.1 /ch/ --> [$] / [-cons] [+stop]

The affricate /ch/ may reduce to the fricative
allophone [$] when /ch/ occurs before a stop in noun or
verb roots or in the verbal derivational causative and

verbalizing suffix -cha-. (As noted under 4-3.22.24,