Stress

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Stress

In Sereer, stress is assigned to the left-most long vowel of a word. When no long vowels are present, stress is assigned to the left-most stem syllable.

Some noun tokens marked for stress:

  • a.ˈtee.re 'book'
  • o.ˈgef 'crack'
  • xa.ˈkef 'cracks'
  • o.ˈpaa.faañ 'clam digger'
  • o.ˈpaa.fañ 'refuser'
  • ˈmaa.lo 'rice'
  • ˈdoo.le 'strength'
  • dok.ˈtoor 'doctor'
  • ˈqoox.ke 'bulls'
  • 'gi.di 'gun'
  • o.ˈtee.fan.ke 'cow walker'

Some verb tokens marked for stress:

  • a.ˈfoo.la 'jump'
  • a.ˈsu.ma 'be hot'
  • a.ɓo.ˈgoo.xa 'wash (refl.)'
  • fa.ˈdii.di 'come in (imperative)'
  • gee.ˈnoo.xaam 'I stand in place'
  • aˌbaaj.baaj.'loo.xaa 'he's pretending to sing'