Medial
|
| /á:rtúi/ |
‘egg’ |
| /kùrtà:i/ |
‘jaggery’ |
| /nàràel/ |
‘coconut’ |
| /fáhríl/ |
‘pestle’ |
| /márphú/ |
‘pulse’ |
| /dá:rbú/ |
‘set
of gongs’ |
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Final
|
| /àcá:r/ |
‘pickle’ |
| /pà:r/ |
‘flower’ |
| /már/ |
'pulse’ |
| /dá:r/ |
‘bell’ |
| /rámá:r/ |
‘wild
foul’ |
| /ìnzà:r/ |
‘spread’ |
| /ìntár/ |
‘crowded’ |
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Hmar
words manifest a large variety of syllabic structures. Some
words are as small as a single syllable and that syllable,
again, may consist of a single vowel. There are also large
syllables that consist of seven sounds.
The following syllabic structures could be identified in Hmar.
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a.
Open syllable : V alone
|
| /a/ |
‘he,
his’ |
| /i/ |
‘you,
your’ |
| /e:/ |
‘an
word of exclamation’ |
| /u/ |
‘elder
to ego’ |
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b.
Open syllable: VC
|
/ á/ |
‘fish’ |
| /pá/ |
‘father’ |
| /nú/ |
‘mother’ |
| /sá:/ |
‘meat’ |
| /bù/ |
‘food’ |
| /lú/ |
‘head’ |
| /ná/ |
‘pain’ |
| /ka/ |
‘I’,
‘my’, ‘mine’ |
| /dà/ |
‘divorce’ |
| /dá:/ |
‘pale’ |
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c.
Close syllable : VC
|
| /à/ |
‘like’ |
| /àp/ |
‘fungal
stain’ |
| /án/ |
‘he’,
they’ |
| /é:k/ |
‘stool’ |
| /én/ |
‘look’,
‘see’ |
| /úm/ |
‘exist’ |
| /ìp/ |
‘bag’ |
| /ìn/ |
‘house’ |
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d.
Closed syllable : CVC
|
| /lál/ |
‘chief’ |
| /lúm/ |
‘hot’ |
| /kà:p/ |
‘shot’ |
| /sá:t/ |
‘cut’ |
| /mìt/ |
‘eye’ |
| /táp/ |
‘oven’,
‘fire place’ |
| /lám/ |
‘path’ |
| /nám/ |
‘push’ |
| /ná:m/ |
‘smooth’ |
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|
e.
Close syllable : CCVC
|
| /tlà:n/ |
‘run’ |
| /tlúm/ |
‘sink’ |
| /tlùk/ |
‘equivalent’ |
| /zá:l/ |
‘lie
down’ |
| /hlàk/ |
‘used
to’ |
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