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N.Ramaswami

CVC	hal	‘plough’
CC	ba:R	‘stream’
CCVC	bRas	‘rice’
CCC	gya:p	‘small canal’

Disyllabic Words:-Second syllable is open (C)(C)(C)()(C) (C)CV

V CV	asi	‘we’
CV	u:zi	‘mouth’
C CV	a:kpo	‘another’
CV CV	bilu	‘cat’
C CV	bo:no	‘big’
CVCCV	zilpa	‘dew’
CC CV	ga:mbu	‘pea’
CCV CV	numi	‘smell’
CC CV	pRu:nu	‘old’
CCVC CV	sgogpa	‘garlic’
CCC CV	tRa:pa	‘right side’
CCCC CV	Rgyalpo	‘emperor’
CCCC CCV	sbRa:tsi	‘honey’

Whenever there are two consonant clusters in the medial position as in zilpa ‘dew’, the first member goes as the coda of the first syllable and the second member goes as the onset of the second syllable.

Second syllable is closed (C)(C)(C)

(C)C

VC VC	aRis	‘to bring’
C CVC	a:bo	‘till today’
CV CC	ia:R	‘iron’
C VC	bi:us	‘to sow’
CCVC	bi:dis	‘to let go’
CVC CVC	bu:de	‘to plough’
CVC VC	bakat	‘she-calf’
CVC CVCC	belcos	‘animal’
C CVC	bu:nis	‘to bind’
CC CVC	qa:po:s	‘a handful of’
CCCV CVC	snyai	‘yoke’

There Syllable Words:-

Third syllable is open (C)(C)

V CV CV	aboni	‘near’
V C CV	ala:i	‘cardamom’
CVC CV	alanta	‘this much’
CV CV	a:yebo	‘parents’
C CV	a:za:di	‘freedom’
CV CV CV	dusiRo	‘twice’
CV C CV	hati:pa	‘shop-keeper’
CVC C CV	huRku:to	‘wrong’
CVC CVC CV	lumkhanma	‘singer(female)’
CVC CCVC CV	moRgyamo	‘widow’
CC CV CV	da:lini	‘cinnamon’
CC C CV	o:pRa:si	‘peon’
CCVC CVC CV	dzemkanma	‘dancer (female)’
CCVC CCVC CV	kikkikmo	‘creeper’
VC CV CV	istifa	‘resignation’

Third syllable is close (C)(C)

(C)(C) (C)

VC CV CVC	uRpothis	‘to hurry’
VC CC CVC	imda:dthis	‘to take care’
CV CV CVC	boduaq	‘wednesday’
CV CV CC	paRipa:R	‘across’
CV C CVC	ipa:dis	‘to kiss’
CV CVC CVC	buâumdis	‘to take rest’
CV CC CVC	ala:qmu	‘clever man’
CV CC CC	taqa:dva:R	‘strong’
C CV CVC	bo:nobus	‘to increase’
C CVC CVC	be:ztthis	‘to disgrace’
CVC CV CVC	punpias	‘to guide’
CVC CVC CVC	khastubas	‘fasting’
CVCC CVC CVC	bazduRdis	‘race’
CC VC CVC	bu:mbaRik	‘blessing’
CC CC CVC	ce:ce:this	‘to jerk’
CVCC C CC	thikspa:ya:l	‘drop’
CCVC CV CVC	gRimsibus	‘to squeeze’
CCC CV CVC	tRa:pakhat	‘right hand’
CCC CVC CVC	bRe:sputaq	‘thursday’

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