A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c18.153

v3.c18.153

The contractions admitted in Oriya are similar to those in Bangali, but the language does not avoid the hiatus in any way; and in both O. and B. the terminations are almost universally preceded by short *i*, which does not combine with the preceding vowel, but in pronunciation often disappears altogether. Thus they say, O. खाबु “wilt thou eat?” for खाइबु. In a few words the vowel of the root has gone out, thus from जा “go,” we have जिबि “I will go,” for जाइबि; from था “remain,” infin. थिबा for थाइबा; पा “find,” however, retains its vowel, as पाइलि, पाइबि, पाइबा. Also जा and था retain their vowels everywhere except in the preterite, future, and infinitive.