Re: The last enemy

taliesin the storyteller:
> > > (Affixes usually don't change the placement
> > > of stress/length).
2007/7/26, Joseph Fatula <joefatula@...>:
> > Maybe not, but it's not so unusual to have that happen.  Consider:
> >   - stable > stabilize
> >   - stable > stability
2007/7/26, Sanghyeon Seo <sanxiyn@...>:
> I think English is an exception in this case.
>
Swahili has a shift in stress when the locative suffix -ni is added:

nyumba   (stressed on u) "home"
nyumbani (stressed on a) "at home"

René