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INDONESIAN LINGUISTICS
To explain the o of Běsěmah balot a phonetic law must be mentioned, which affects the distribution of u and o in the final syllable of the word-base: In the final syllable of Běsěmah words u occurs as an absolute final and o before a final consonant, no matter how these vowels may be distributed in Original IN or in other languages; thus beside the Mal. pasu, “ pot ”, there is also a Běsěmah word pasu, but pasuṅ, “ stocks ”, is represented in Běsěmah by pasoṅ.
The second case referred to in § 61 is given in § 90.
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