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There are many Tai Nüa words which have multiple forms caused by consonant, vowel, or tone alternation. All of the forms are accepted in Wiktionary.
Examples:
- Consonant alternation:
- Vowel alternation:
- ᥖᥐᥴ (ták) / ᥖᥦᥐᥴ (táek) (to scoop (water))
- ᥘᥩᥖ (loat) / ᥘᥧᥖ (lut) (to slip off)
- ᥕᥤᥢ (yin) / ᥕᥪᥢ (yuen) (to pass over)
- ᥞᥬᥲ (hàue) / ᥞᥫᥲ (hòe) (to give)
- Tone alternation:
- ᥘᥨᥛᥱ (lǒm) / ᥘᥨᥛᥲ (lòm) (to fall; to topple)
- ᥚᥥᥴ (phé) / ᥚᥥᥱ (phě) (to spread)
It has been taught that ᥢ (n) could only appear as final consonant and ᥘ (l) represented Proto-Tai *n- and *ʰn- instead. In modern days, as influenced by neighbor languages, ᥢ can be used as initial consonant either since it is not difficult to pronounce.