| 2.6.8 |
/ h/ |
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| It
is a retroflex voicless aspirated stop. It also occurs
in initial and medial positions only. |
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| It
is an alveo-palatal voiceless stop. It occurs in initial
and medial positions only. |
| Initial
|
Medial
|
| /cì/ |
‘salt’ |
/ìnceìná/ |
‘dress’ |
| /cìbài/ |
‘greetings’ |
/íncù /
|
‘roof’ |
| /cúléicún/ |
‘thereofore’ |
/càncín/ |
‘news’ |
| /cúl/ |
‘faded’ |
/màcù:m/ |
‘rafter’ |
| /cíl/ |
‘saliva’ |
/màcì:/ |
‘salt’ |
| /cál/ |
‘male species’ |
/lè:khácái/ |
‘kite’ |
| /cém/
|
‘dao’ |
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| /cè:n/
|
‘enjoy’ |
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| 2.6.10
/k/ |
| It
is a velar voicelness unaspirated stop. In occurs in all
the three positions. |
| Initial
|
Medial
|
| /kùrtài/ |
‘jaggery’ |
/ìskút/ |
‘squash’ |
| /káu/ |
‘twig’ |
/lúk m/
|
‘turban’ |
| /kà:p/ |
‘shot’ |
/é:kìn/ |
‘toilet’ |
| /ka/ |
‘I’ |
/pükrí/ |
‘tank’ |
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| Final |
/úmfá:k/ |
'ash
gourd' |
/bú:k/ |
'pandal' |
/zèupúok/ |
'oats' |
/hríek/ |
'oil' |
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|
| It
is a velar voiceless unaspirated stop. In occurs in all
the three positions. |
| Initial
|
Medial
|
| /khá:bè:l/ |
‘frying
pan’ |
/méikhù/
|
‘smoke’ |
| /khúm/ |
‘bed’ |
/lúkhàm/ |
‘pillow’ |
| /khuÛr/ |
‘pit’ |
/sámkhùi/ |
‘comb’ |
| /khúoizú/ |
‘honey’ |
/hmáikhùná/ |
‘veil’ |
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|
| It
is a bilabial voice nasel consonant. It occurs in all
the three positions. |
| Initial
|
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| /mànsá/
|
‘bag’, ‘basket’ |
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| /màcúm/
|
‘rafter’ |
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| /màntá:/
|
‘brinjal’ |
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| /méikhù/
|
‘smoke’ |
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Medial
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| /rímtúi/ |
‘essence’ |
/ámà/ |
‘him’ |
| /à:mhlè:m/ |
‘tiffin’ |
/ámàk/ |
‘strange’ |
| /samthì/ |
‘comb’ |
/thúmál/ |
‘word’ |
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Final
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| /súm/
|
/mortar/ |
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| /dúm/
|
‘tobacco’ |
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| /hím/
|
‘needle’ |
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| /lúkhúm/
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‘cap’ |
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| Intervocalic
occurrence of [m] in indigenous Hmar words is tare. It
generally forms cluster with a consonant. preferebly [h].
When it occurs medially in a word. |
