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g ÷ gh

gakhir 

ghonti, khonti
‘animal’s milk  ‘bell’

bogori, bukuri 

ghori
‘a fruit’  ‘clock’
megite  ghiv, khi
‘burn the jungle’  ‘ghee’

Voiceless Unaspirated Vs. Voiced Unaspirated
 
p ÷ b    
pi bi
  ‘a piece of cloth used
to carry child’
‘keep’
pe be
‘search louse’ ‘a subclan, handle’
pu bu
‘speak’ ‘weave basket’
pini bini
‘today’ ‘ornament maker’
charpi karbi
‘old woman’ ‘name of a language/people’

t ÷ d

   
te de
‘elder sister’ ‘tongue’
te de
‘strike with hand’ ‘receive with hand’
ton don
‘short basket’ ‘relative’
ta da
‘finish’ ‘brew beer, boil’
mantu mandu
‘when’ ‘field-hut built on earth’

k ÷ g

   
ke genji
‘leg’ ‘banian’
kor hagor
  ‘bite (as dog, man)
with teeth’
‘sea’
kam gamocha
  ‘work’ ‘a shirt-like dress worn by men,
full of design’
hadak adagvam
‘there’ ‘middle’
karbi gari, kari
‘name of a language/people’ ‘vehicle’

Voiceless Aspirated Vs. Voiced Aspirated


ph
÷ bh

phule 

bhul
‘cooking pot’  ‘make mistake’

pha 

robha
‘invite’  ‘pandal’

th ÷ dh

thi 

dhila
‘die’  ‘loosen’

thunon 

dhuni
‘play (Imp.)’  ‘rich’

athak 

adha
‘on, above’ 

 

‘half’

 

 
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