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1.2.2.Vowels:
i ¸
hi ‘towards’ ¸ ch ‘sword’
hir ‘tear’ (V) ¸ hr ‘fry’(V)
i ¸ y
sai ‘go and tell’ (V) ¸ say (Phonetically sai=) ‘select’ (V)
u ¸
bu ‘beat’ (V) ¸ b ‘he’
suN    ‘bark’(V) ¸ s *** ‘cook’ (V)
u ¸ w
     kaudi ‘climb again’ (V) ¸ kawri (phonetically kau=ri) ‘a
     water bird
¸ a
     msa ‘tiger’ ¸ masa ‘one(any animate object)’
     bkha ‘heart’ ¸ bakha ‘vomitted, delivered (a baby)’
i ¸w
     kii ‘husband’s friend’ ¸ kµµ ‘bright’
     phayi ‘towards’ ¸w ‘we’
¸
     ms ‘chilly’ ¸ msa ‘tiger’
     bsk ‘cotton’ ¸ bsak ‘body’
¸ a
     phna ‘starch’ ¸ phan ‘strength’
     phra ‘measles’ ¸ phar ‘sweep (V)’
¸ a
     kray ‘horse’ ¸ karay ‘frying pan’
     sr ‘iron’ ¸ sar ‘scatter’ (V)
     sm’salt’ ¸ sam ‘a kind of grass used for medicine’
All vowels:

1.3.1.Consonants:

hi ‘towards’ sµ ‘ask, enquire’ (V)su ’bark’ (V)
h==== ’sword’ s«nam ‘build’ (V) s ‘cook’ (V)
saN ‘look for’ (V)
1.2.3.Tones:

thaN ’go’
¸ thN ‘aliive’ (V)  
ruwa ‘axe’
¸ ruw ‘leech’


yasku ‘finger nail’
¸ yask ‘elbow’
bra ‘fence’
¸ bra ‘keep’ (V)
khk ‘steal’ (V)
¸ khk ‘be broken’
thµy ‘dead’
¸ thµy ‘blood’
butµy ‘gravy’
¸ butµy ‘egg’

1.3.Description:
1.3.1.Consonants:

1.3.1.1.Stops and Affricates:

     p= is a voiceless bilabial stop. It occurs in the initial,
     medial and final positions.
Examples:

Phonetic
Phonemic
pir
pir
‘light’
thapa
thapa
‘oven’
kiip~ kichip
kihip
‘fan’

ph is a voiceless aspirated bilabial stop. It occurs initially
and medially.
 

 

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