5.214 Change of /l/ to /y/

Historically, intervocalic /l/ in isolated dialects became /y/. Forms

with /y/ for /l/ have spread throughout the Cebuano-speaking area, and

some are in competition with /l/-retaining forms: tingáli or tingáyi

‘perhaps’; kalugpus or kayugpus (also kugpus—by the rule of

5.211) ‘fold the arms’. In this case, competing forms are listed

with cross reference.

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