accent compounds

generally

iteratives , possessives, governing compounds first member

determinatives and regularly formed copulatives last member

more so on last syllable

mostly on one member

some words always change their accent

viśva --- all viśva

some change accent in certain combos

some paroxytones become oxytone

pūrva prior in pūrvacitti foreboding

pūrvapīti precedence in drinking

pūrvahūti first invocation

nema one nemadhiti separation

medha sacrifice medhapati lord of sacrifice

medhasāti receiving the oblation

some oxytones through back accent

khādi bracelet khādi-hasta having hands adorned with bracelets

grīvā neck tuvi-grīva powerful-necked

vīra hero puru-vīra possessed of many men su-vīra heroic

dhūma smoke śaka-dhūma smoke of cowdung

adj. may shift from one menber to other

if it becomes a substantive or Proper name

a-kṣara imperishable a-kṣarā speech

su-kṛta well done su-kṛta good deed n

a-rāya niggardly a-rāya name of demon