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kicu lachun
‘very cold’ ‘waterfall’

c ÷ j

    
ce je
  ‘begin’ ‘be in a line, make thread
from cotton’
cupì jupì
‘snail’ ‘big rat’
co ajo
‘axe’ ‘night’
icam ijar
‘be mad’ ‘fly (v)’
celo nije
‘buffalo’ ‘speak’
cayno dojay
‘bull, cow’ ‘silent’


Fricative
 

    
h ÷ k ÷ kh    
atepo hey 'husband’s elder brother’
key, kay ‘burn jungle in a big way’
khey ‘race, clan’
helo ‘be far’
kelo ‘set fire’
khela ‘game’
ihi ‘a clan’
tiki ‘do’
likhi ‘write’
hemepo ‘widower’
keme ‘good’
khet ‘crops’

h ÷ g ÷ gh  

    
hor ‘rice beer’
gojar ‘nail’
ghori ‘clock’
hari ‘line, row’
gadho ‘ass’
ghonti, khonti ‘bell’


Lateral and Trill 

    

l ÷ r 
lo  ro
‘pounding stone’ ‘village’
ló ró
‘get’ ‘colour’
lun ru
‘sing, song’ ‘lift up’
ali ari
‘water-current’ ‘a kind of fish’
torval var
‘sword’ ‘throw’
jal jaro
‘fishing net’ ‘bag’


Semi-vowels

    

v ÷ y		    
tovar mutiyar
‘road, street’

 

 ‘a village official’

 
 
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