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le (Ts. Janjghava, 1989, p. 44). For instance, v-i-birk>i-b-i-v-rk>i-bi-brk
"I am singing", v-i-pikrenk> i-pi-v-krenk>i-pi-p-krenk "I will think", etc.
The very process could not be hindered by adding a prefix or a
particle, for instance, ki-bi-b-rk "I will sing", mi-pi-p-krenk "I will think
about", etc.
Metathesis of marker v- is not typical to Chan. Though there is a
tendency in Chan (mainly in Vitsean-Arkabean and Khopan, an rarely
in Atinan idioms) to substitute b- for prefix v- before vowels thus avoiding
v+i sequence, for instance, b-i-di "I left", cf.: Megrelian i-b-di, b-i-mgar
"I am crying", cf. Megrelian i-m-gark, b-i-škvider "I am suffocating", cf. Megrelian
i-p-škviduk, b-o-re "I am" cf. Megrelian v-orek…
v+i sound sequence in Her could be substituted bypalatalized ü
vowel: vici>üc, vik>ük "I am doing sth", etc.
v+i sound sequence seems unnatural both for the dialects and the
literary Georgian. This is attested by the fact that the roots with the initial
v+i sequence are very rare in the Explanatory Dictionary of the
Georgian language in 8 volumes, the Megrelian-Georgian dictionary by
O. Kajaia, as well as the dictionary of Svan by V. Topuria and M. Kaldani.
It is no coincidence that the v+i sound sequence is restored in the
only form of common Kartvelian – in doublet pronoun vin/min.
Given the cases of the prefix v- metathesis the following could be
concluded: on the basis of common phonematic rules the morphonological
alteration between the morphemes occur in the Kartvelian subsystems
and this is determined by the tendency of violation of unnatural
sound complex.
Changes in labial complexes. va, ve, vi complexes are realized
in the following phonetic varieties in Kartvelian sub-systems:
a) va (wa) > o, b) ve (we) > o/ö, c) vi (wi) > u / ü.
1. Va (wa) > o is spread in Pkhovian dialects, Kartlian, Ingilo,
Fereydanian, Rachan, Imeretian, Lechkhumian, Gurian, Acharan,
Samtskhean, Taoan, Megrelian, etc. For instance, važi>oži, sitqva>sitqo,
sħva>sħo (Khevsurian): qvavili>qoili, qvavi>qovi, zvavi>zovi
(Pshavian); ĵvali>ĵoli, gagvagebina>gagogebina>gogogebina (Mokhevian) ;
vaĥšami>oĥšami, cħvari>cħori, uqvars>uqors (Mtiuli-Gudamakarian);
marcvali>marcoli, gadausvams>gadausoms (Kartlian); svams>soms,
ħvavi>ħovi, šaušva>šaušo (Kakhetian); vačukeb>očukeb, gvakvs>gokav,
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