38 Phonology [§ 9° ma, we will; nēml, from *næml, he might take, cp. nēmels. Cp. § 154. Examples of the latter are:—undarō, under, cp. Skr. ađharáđ, below, Indg. ablative ending -ðd; of the same origin is the -ō in adverbs like þiubjō, secretly, glaggwō, accurately; and in adverbs with the suffix -þrō (§ 348), as hraþrō, whence, þaþrō, thence. Nom. tuggō, tongue, haírtō, heart, Indg. -o. The preservation of the final >ē in adverbs with the suffix •drē (§ 348) is also due to the vowel having had originally the ' slurred ' accent. NOTE.—Long vowels remained in monosyllables, as nom. fern, so, the, this—Gr. Dor. ο ; ace. fern. bō=Gr. Dor. ray; nom. ace. fern. pi. bōs=Skr. tás. They also remained in the final syllables of dissyllabic and polysyllabic words, when protected by a consonant which was originally final or became final in Gothic, as nom. pl.wulfōs=Skr. vfkās, wolves; nom. pi.gibōs from 'geboz, gifts, cp. Skr. á9vās, mares; gen. sing, gibōs from *gel55z; dat. pi. gibōm from *getJōmlz ; salbōs from *salbōzi, thou anoinlest; flđwōr from 'feđwōriz. Indg. *qetw5res, four; nasidēs from *naziaæz, than didst save, beside nasida, I saved; nēmeis from *næmīz, that* mightesttake, beside nēmi, he might take; nēmeib,.ye might take; managđūbs, abundance. On final long vowels when originally followed by a nasal, see §87. c. Diphthongs. § ΘΟ. Originally final -ai became -a in polysyllables, as baírada, he is borne = Gr. mid. φέρεται; baíranda, they are borne=(jT. mid. φέροη-αι; faúra, before, cp. Gr. παραί, beside. Originally long diphthongs became shortened in final syllables, as ahtáu, from an original form Oktou, eight; dat. sing, gibái. from *gel5ōī, older *ghebhāī, to a gift, cp. Gr. χώρα for *χώραι; θεά, to a goddess} dat. sing, sunáu, to a son, from loc. form *sunēu ; dat. sing, anstái, to a favour.