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vocative

In the grammar of certain inflected languages, for example Latin, the form of a word, especially a name, that is used to indicate that a person or thing is being addressed.
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The examples cited in (10a,b, c) show that /-o/ can substitute /-e/ only in the context of low open back vowel /aa/ immediately preceding it but when high, close, front vowel /i/ or high close back vowel /u/ precedes the vocative case ending, /-o/ can't substitute it.
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