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3.	[yómyk^>]	/yómyk/	tin
4.	[sák^>]	/sák/	castor oil

Examples for [k] :

Initially before a vowel :


1.	[kúr]	/kúr/	horse
2.	[kásák>]	/kák/	crow
3.	[knc]	/knc/	scissors
4.	[kópì]	/kópì/	cabbage

Initially before a semivowel :



1.	[kyón]	/kyón/	man
2.	[kyù]	/kyù/	to fear

Medially between two vowels :




1.	[tkù]	/tkù/	nine
2.	[yákì]	/yákì/	staircase
3.	[míkà]	/míkà/	weakness

Medially before the following consonants :

t, s, c^h, r.


1.	[sáktér]	/sáktér/	cockroach
2.	[p^hks]	/p^hks/	to split
3.	[yákc^hìv]	/yákc^hìv/	to cross
4.	[krac^hì]	/krac^hì/	respect

Medially after the following consonants :
p, m, N




1.	[zpkáv]	/zpkáv/	to fasten to
2.	[k^hmkáv]	/k^hmkáv/	to patch
3.	[rákáv]	/rákáv/	to increase

/k^h/ It is a voiceless aspirated velar stop. It does not have any positional variant other than [k^h] itself. It occurs initially and medially in a word.

Examples for [k^h] :

Initially before a vowel :


1.	[k^hór]	/k^hór/	dust
2.	[k^héc]	/k^héc/	elbow
3.	[k^hnò]	/k^hrò/	nose
4.	[k^hrò]	/k^hrò/	armlet

Medially between two vowels :



1.	[k^hm]	/k^hm/	worship
2.	[k^hà]	/k^hà/	one

Medially before a semi vowel :



1.	[k^hyà]	/k^hà/	fee

Medially after the following consonants :

p,



1.	[zpk^hìv]	/zpk^hìv/	to dare
2.	[vk^hù]	/vk^hù/	yoke

Medially before the following consonant :



1.	[k^hk^hvì]	/k^hk^hvì/	singer

/pf/ It is a voiceless unaspirated labiodental affricate. It does not have any positional variant other than /pf/ itself. It occurs initially and medially in a word.

Examples for [pf] :

Initially before a vowel :


1.	[pfà]	/pfà/	clean surface by hand(Imp)

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