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Oneida seems to attach different possessive prefixes to the head noun based on the gender of the possessor.
The following forms are found in a portion of the table "Possessive prefixes" on page 152 of "Oneida Teaching Grammar", by Clifford Abbott:
English
a-stems
c-stems
o/u stems
i-stems
his
lao-
lao-
lao-
lao
her
ao-
ao-
ao-
ao
her
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The e -> ie and o -> ue stem-changing verbs are the product of the interaction between two different factors
The first is the "breaking" of the Early Western Romance low-mid vowels /ɛ/ & /ɔ/ (which developed from the Latin short mid vowels /ĕ/ & /ŏ/) to /jɛ/ & /wɛ/ in stressed syllables followed by a merger of any remaining low-...
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Stem changes allow for better and more fluent pronunciation of certain words in Spanish. Some vowels like O and E are stressed in some words but unstressed in others
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