5.13 Adding of /h/ or /ʔ/ to roots ending in a vowel when a suffix is added

Some roots which end in a vowel add /ʔ/ before a suffix, some roots add /h/, other roots add either /ʔ/ or /h/ (depending on which suffix):

bása /bása/ read + -un = basáhun /basáhun/ be read

adtu /ʔádtu/ go + -un = adtúun /ʔadtū́ʔun/ gone to get

kabaláka /kabaláka/ worry + -an = kabalak-an /kabalákʔan/ s.t. to worry about (with the vowel of the final syllable of the root dropped—5.12).

sulti /súlti/ talk + -un = sultíhun /sultī́hun/ talk it out

sulti /súlti/ talk + -ánay = sultiánay /sultiʔā́nay/ conversation