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ph^rŋ ‘to excel’
phga ‘blunt’
ph^?p ‘to fall (tree with its roots)’
phEa:i ‘egg’

[th], dental voiceless aspirated stop, is produced same as [t] except aspiration. A heavy puff of air accompanies the release. The vocal cords do not vibrate.

Examples :
thl ‘to bind’
tha:i ‘dish’
thŋa  ‘to shoot’
thEga ‘to kick’
th^pEr ‘to crawl’
th^pIñ ‘to clap’
prIthIm ‘world’
p^rth^na ‘prayer’

[h], retroflex voiceless aspirated stop, is produced same as [] except aspiration. A heavy puff of air accompanies the release. The vocal cords do not vibrate.

Examples :
thr ‘to know’
hIk ‘right’
   h^y^ra:a    ‘thunder’
pIha ‘cake’
g:¸hi ‘joint’
khu:ri ‘room’

[kh], velar voiceless aspirated stop, is produced same as [k] except aspiration. A heavy puff of air accompanies the release. The vocal cords do not vibrate.

khl ‘hollow’
khi  ‘mine’
kh^a ‘blind’
kh^^w ‘to work hard’
kh^·u:ra ‘piece’
kha:^u ‘jackfruit’
khEIrn ‘to recover’
khñči^ŋ ‘lock up’
prIkha ‘to examine’
roikha ‘to rescue’


[bh], bilabial voiced aspirated stop, is produced same as [b], except aspiration. A heavy puff of air accompanies the release. The vocal cords are vibrating.


Examples :
bhl ‘evil’
bh^a ‘to hire’
bh^dr ‘name of a month (August-September)’
bhli ‘bitch’
bhr^w ‘to pack (box)’
bh^ŋg^w ‘to change (money)’
bha:gwa ‘loin cloth’
sbho ‘good men’

[dh], dental voiced aspirated stop, is produced same as [d] except aspiration. A heavy puff of air acccompanies the release. The vocal cords are vibrating.

Examples :
dhla ‘dust’
dh^rjo ‘to decide’
dhrm ‘religion’
dhm^ŋ ‘drum (made of mud)’
dh^h^i ‘turbon’
dha:nda:ri ‘cave’
gdh ‘donkey’

  bdhi

  ‘idea’

hdhi

 

‘waterfall’

 

 
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