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2.6.3. 
Three syllable words: 

a. Third syllable is open :cv (c)- cv(c)- cv (v)
cv-cv-cv  pe:ako ‘relatives’
cv-cvc-cv  sakiŋma ‘grandmother’
cvc-cv-cv  hongaa ‘family’
cvc-cv-cvv kirpiia ‘miser’
cvc-cvc-cv si:msai ‘cock’

b.Third syllabe is closed: c) v (c) - (c) cv (c) - (c) v (v) c

v-cvc-cvvc 		 atamblur  ‘around’
cv-cv-cvc  koahon  ‘boy’
cv-cvc-cvc  jagarhol  ‘running water’
cvc-cvc-vvc  lelkedaiŋ  ‘saw (I)’
cvc-cvc-cvc  girgium  ‘centipede’
cvc-ccv-cvc  pndrdin  ‘fifteen days’
cvc-cvc-cvvc  gurgu¸·iaŋ ‘whirlpool’

 2.6.4.
Four Syllabic words :

a. Fourth syllabic is open :(c) v (c) - (c) cv(c) - (c) v (c) - cv (v)
v-cvc-cv-cv ariljapi ‘to blink (eyes)’
cv-cv-cv-cv gaakata  ‘river bank’
cv-cv-cv-cvv čarikunia ‘square’
cv-cv-cvc-cv   ‘summer’
cv-cvc-v-cv  sakiŋaba ‘grandfather’
cv-cvc-cvc-cv mayoŋliŋgi ‘to bleed’
cvc-cv-cv-cv samdikui ‘daughter-in-law’s mother’
cvc-ccv-cv-cv senderah ‘hunter’
cvc-cvc-cv-cv  akthurkha:na ‘hospital’

b. Fourth syllable is closed :      (c)v(v)(c)-(c)v(c)(c)-(c)cv-cvc(c)

v-vc-ccv-cvc onekrokam ‘various’
cv-cv-cv-cvc  khetipuron ‘to recover’
cv-cvc-cv-cvc  badamsunum ‘groundnut oil’
cv-cvcc-cv-cvcc  haa?pkaa?p ‘scorpion’
cvc-cv-cv-cvc saisadm ‘colt’
cvv-cvc-cv-cvc hoiraesen ‘to wade’

2.6.5. 
Five syllable words :

a. Fifth syllable is open : cv(c)-cv(c)(c)-cv(c)-cv-cv
cv-cv-cv-cv-cv kakaakda ‘mole’
cv-cv-cv-cv-cv  kakaakda ‘mole’
cv-cvcc-cvc-cv-cv rapu?ttanh ‘destroyer’
cvc-cv-cv-cv-cv  khokhoisai ‘to knock (door)’
cvc-cvc-cv-cv-cv  barlomteghusa ‘to spear’

b. Fifth syllable is closed : cv-cv (c) - cv (c) -cv - cvc
cv-cv-cv-cv-cvc me·igupihon ‘shepered’
cv-cvc-cv-cv-cvc  porobmanatiŋ ‘to  celebrate’
cv-cvc-cvc-cv-cvc kiristanmadil ‘church’

2.6.6. 
Six syllable words :

a. sixth syllable is open     (c) v (c) -cv (c) - (c) v - (c) cv (c) - cv (c) - cv
cv-cv-cv-cv-cv-cv aakeemae ‘to grunt’
cv-cv-v-ccvc-cv-cv jiluakhriŋh ‘butcher’
cv-cvc-cv-cv-cv-cv gonankajilapa ‘bargain’
cvc-cv-cv-cv-cvc-cv kndmu:isaŋga ‘sweet potato’

b. Sixth syllable is closed :  cv (vc) - (c) v - cv (c) - cv - cv - cvc (c)
                                       
cv-cv-cvc-cv-cv-cvc narehaehonar ‘to spin’
cvvc-v-cv-cv-cv-cvcc

 

 dauidikatesa?p’

 

  ‘to catch (chase and catch)

 
 
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