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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
2.
l
ō
hĕ
‘kind of shawl’
ō
hį
‘kind of pumpkin, not edible, but which is, when mature, used to fashion containers to stash away water etc.’
3.
k
ō
phā
‘a dish of rice and green leaves’
ō
phč
‘back [body part]’
4.
ģdē
‘long ago’
d
ą
‘1.
to hammer with repeated strokes
2.
to flail cereal stalks
3.tobeat
4. to type’
o vs u
1.
ō
mó
‘female pudendum’
ō
mś
‘price ; cost’
2.
ō
dó
‘politeness’
ō
d
ǔ
‘lower part of thigh’
3
ō
k
ŏ
‘stalk’
ō
k
ǔ
‘measure of length, the distance between the tip of thumb and the little finger stretched outwards’
4.
ō
ŋņ
‘orang - outang’
ō
ŋ
ł
‘men’
2.4.3.
CONSONANTS
p
b
t
d
k
[g]
ph
h
kh
pf
bv
ts
dz
c
j
[ch]
f
v
s
z
h
m
n
ŋ
l
r
[w]
y
[Note that the sounds in parentheses are marginal in the system]
p
vs
ph
vs
b
ō
pč
‘father-in-law’
ō
pķ
‘head’
ō
phč
‘back’
ō
phķ
‘leg’
ō
bĕ
‘arm’
nņbģ
‘ear’
t
vs
vs
h
vs
d
ō
t
ŏ
‘diet ; food’
ō
ŏ
‘child’
ō
hó
‘paddy’
ō
dó
‘politeness’
Note : t and
are sometimes found in free variation
ō
tĕp
ą
‘grand daughter’
ō
ĕp
ą
ō
tĕ
‘grand child’
ō
ĕ
k
vs
kh
vs
g
ō
k
ł
‘squirrel-like animal with three lines running along its body, to kill which is a social honour’
ō
kh
ł
‘grave’
g
ū
sth
ō
‘squash’
pf
vs
ph
vs
bv
ō
pf
ǔ
‘mother’s sister’
kņph
‘to blink’
bvģ
‘to hatch[vi]’
pf
vs
f
vs
v
ō
pf
ǔ
‘optimum load’
ō
pf
‘mother’
ō
f
ǔ
‘lung’
ō
f
‘1.grove;thicket
2. plot of land’
ō
v
ł
‘1. star 2. planet’
ģv
‘be tame’
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