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1.4.4.2 Word Stress
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a 'coconut;' ia 'water'
sa 'same, one;' cue 'to steal'
tak 'to cut;' duek 'to sit'
bri 'to give;' glue 'slippery'
preh 'to wait;' Elaak. 'to peel'
eh 'to sleep, to lie down;' 'aat 'to swallow'
Word stress in Acehnese (marked here with (*)) falls on
the last syllable of the word but not on the suffix; when a
suffix is added to a word, the stress remains where is was,
that is, on the syllable before the suffix.
bak* 'tree'
mate* 'to die'
beurangkapat A 'anywhere'
meutulak-tulak* 'to push each other'
In a noun phrase or a prepositional phrase, the stress
is also on the last syllable (of the last word).
(i) NP's:
rumoh baro A 'house new (new house)'
rumoh baro toke Suleman* 'house new merchant Suleman
(merchant Suleman new house)'