[s]→[au]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 2/5
Voiceless alveolar fricative to Diphthong au
The transformation of the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ into the diphthong /au/ is an unusual phonetic shift, primarily attested as a specific morphophonological rule within the historical grammar of Sanskrit.
Phonetic Effects
Vocalization
Language Examples
adas + sU (underlying form)→asau— The stem-final /s/ changes to /au/ in the nominative singular of the pronoun 'adas' ('that'), resulting in 'asau'. This is a specific rule in Pāṇini's grammar.
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