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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
Medial
/s
àphún/
‘proselyte’
/s
àphá:i/
‘python’
/p
úonphá:/
‘bedstead’
/hm
ùnphì/
‘broom’
2.6.3
/b/
It is a bilabial voiced unaspirated stop. It also occurs in initial and medial positions only.
Initial
/b
:
/
‘cow’
/b
éi/
‘biscuit’
/b
é:l/
‘cooking pot’
/b
ùfá:i/
‘rice’
Medial
/s
ù:nbù:/
‘lunch’
/k
ítsèbí/
‘ring’
/s
àb
n/
‘soap’
/t
ùbàu/
‘hammer’
2.6.4
/t/
It is an alveolar voiceless unapirated stop. It occurs in all the three positions.
Initial
/t
úi/
‘water’
/t
ú:r/
‘poison’
/tà
pé:r/
‘flatten rice’
/t
úié
/
‘yolk’
Medial
/
á:rtúi/
‘egg’
/k
ùrtài/
‘jaggery’
/
ántùi/
‘soup’
/
ént
n/
‘copy’
Final
/béiphìt/
‘coarse flour’
/thí:rkùt/
‘fork’
/pàt/
‘cotton’
/m
ìt/
‘eye’
2.6.5.
/th/
It is an alveolar voiceless aspirated stop. It occurs in initial and medial positions only.
Initial
Medial
/th
ùk/
‘overn’
/a
íthí:
/
‘ginger’
/th
éi/
‘fruit’
/s
ámthì/
‘comb’
/thàu/
‘butter’
/
àthár/
‘new’
/thàt/
‘kill’
/
ìnth
kín/
‘from’
2.6.6
/d/
It is an alveolar voiced unaspirated stop. It occurs in initial and medial positions only
Initial
Medial
/dá:i/
‘railing’, ‘fence’
/p
ìndàn/
‘room’
/d
úm/
‘tobacco’
/b
àdám/
‘nut’
/d
ú:tkhàl/
‘curds’
/p
ùdíná/
‘mint’
/damte:n/
‘slowly’
/vádú
/
‘river’
/m
ìdá
/
‘others’
2.6.7
/
/
It is a retroflex unapirated stop. It also occurs in initial and medial positions only.
Initial
Medial
/
éklèi/
‘brick’
/bà
í/
‘bowl’
/
à:mhlè:m/
‘tiffin’
/bàl
ín/
‘bucket’
/
:l/
‘dry’
/b
è
eéi/
‘clove bean’
/hló
úon/
‘weeding’
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