cachimbarlhesíamos
Syllables
ca-chi-mbar-lhes-ía-mos
Pronunciation
/kɐ.ʃĩ.ˈbaɾ.lɛʃ.ˈja.muʃ/
Stress
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Morphemes
cachimbar + lhes-íamos
The word 'cachimbar-lhes-íamos' is a verb form meaning 'we were hookahing them'. It's syllabified as ca-chi-mbar-lhes-ía-mos, with stress on 'ía'. The word comprises the root 'cachimbar', the pronoun 'lhes', and the verb ending 'íamos'. Syllable division adheres to standard Portuguese rules based on vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel sequences.
Definitions
- 1
We were smoking a hookah/waterpipe (to them).
We were hookahing them.
“Nós cachimbávamos-lhes enquanto eles jogavam cartas.”
Stress pattern
The primary stress falls on the 'ía' syllable (penultimate syllable of the root when considering the enclitic pronoun).
Syllables
ca — Open syllable, initial syllable.. chi — Open syllable.. mbar — Closed syllable, contains a rhotic consonant.. lhes — Closed syllable, enclitic pronoun.. ía — Open syllable, stressed syllable.. mos — Closed syllable, final syllable.
Word Parts
Vowel-Consonant (VC)
Syllables are divided after a vowel followed by a consonant.
Consonant-Vowel (CV)
Syllables are divided before a vowel preceded by a consonant.
Diphthongs & Triphthongs
Diphthongs and triphthongs are generally kept within the same syllable.
Pronoun Enclitics
Pronoun enclitics are treated as separate syllables when attached to a verb.
- The nasal vowel /ĩ/ in *cachimbar* influences the syllable structure.
- The 'r' is a rhotic consonant, and its behavior in syllable-final positions is typical for Portuguese.
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