Linguistics Question

TConsider the following words in Iwaidja, an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in NorthwesternArnhem Land. The form of the prefix (part before the hyphen in the data) has variants that are differentiated by the segment in bold. a. Write rules for the distribution of the form of the bolded segment, i.e. predict when which variant occurs.b. Which is the basic (underlying form) – the form from which the others can be derived by rules?c. What would be the predicted form that prefix was added to the following roots (part following the hyphen)-ci?aka ‘look after’, -mi?ica ‘hide sth., -?a?ala ‘cut it’WordMeaning?andu-wun‘he/she/they/ hit(s) me’?anbu-calman‘he/she/they/ look(s) for me’?andu-man‘he/she/they get(s) me’?anmu-?alkbun‘he/she/they hit(s) me on my head’?anbu-l?a?an‘he/she/they send(s) me’?andu-mija?ma?‘he/she/they want(s) me’?anmu-?ul?a?‘he/she/they make(s) me’?anbu-l?a‘he/she/they eat(s) me’?anbu-ju?kban‘he/she/they buries/bury me’?andu-wuki‘he/she/they show(s) me’ATTACHMENTS

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