Medial
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| pfōtē |
‘mound’ |
| ōtě |
‘grandchild’ |
|
[d] is the voiced dental stop. For some speakers, however,
it is alveolar rather than dental in some words. eg.,  i
‘to bark’
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| In its articulation, the air column
is stopped by raising the tip of the tongue to the upper
teeth and then abruptly withdrawing it. The velic is raised
to close the nasal passage and the vocal cords kept vibrating. |
It occurs initially and medially.
|
Initial
|
| dą
|
‘1. to hammer with
repeated strokes |
| |
2. to thresh, to flail
cereal stalks |
| |
3. to beat 4. to type’ |
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Medial
|
| ōdŏ |
‘field’ |
| phōdū |
‘male [as bovine quadrupeds,
viz., cow, |
| |
mithus, buffalo etc.]’ |
|
[ ]
is the breathed, tip-alveolar stop.
|
| It is articulated by blocking
the air column raising the tip of the tongue to touch the
back part of the upper gums and then abruptly withdrawing
it. The velic is raised to close off the nasal passage,
and the vocal cords kept apart in a state of voiceless ness. |
|
It occurs initially and medially.
|
Initial
|
 ŏkō |
‘few [adj and v] |
|
Medial
|
c ķ |
‘kind of bamboo, just
like kovo in |
| |
appearance, but smaller
in size and |
| |
more tender’ |
| ōŏ |
‘young one [as of
animals]’ |
|
[t] and []
phonetically free-vary in some words :
|
ōtěp  |
~ |
 ěp |
‘grand daughter’ |
|
[k] is the breathed, velar stop.
|
| It is articulated by blocking
the airstreams through raising the back part of the tongue
to the velum. The velic is raised to close off the nasal
passage, and the vocal cords kept apart in a state of voicelessness. |
It occurs initially and medially.
|
Initial
|
| |
Medial
|
| lņkā |
‘1. mountain defile
|
2. direction.’ |
| hąkį |
‘body part between
throat and chest’ |
|
|
|
[g] is the voiced, velar stop.
|
It is produced the same way as
[k], its voiceless congener except that the vocal cords
vibrate, coming together, and producing voice.
|
It occurs initially and medially
[because of prothesis] in loan words. It is a marginal sound
in the system.
|
g sthō |
‘squash’ igi ‘ghee’ |
|
[ph] is the aspirated, breathed, bilabial stop
|
It is produced the same way as
[p] its unaspirated congener except that there is a puff
of breath accompanying the plosion. The vocal folds are
kept apart in a state of voicelessness and the velic raised
to close the nasal passage.
|
It occurs initially and medially.
|
Initial
|
| phōdü |
‘male
[as of bovine animals viz., cow, buffalo, mithun,
yak etc.]’ |
| phģkh |
‘cactus’ |
|
Medial
|
| cģphņĭ |
‘apple fruit’ |
| ōphč |
‘back [body part]’ |
|
[th] is the aspirated, breathed, dental stop.
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