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kįsó ‘male friend’
ōt*p ‘grand daughter’
mētŏŏ ‘sister [speaker ; female]’
ōo ‘1. house 2. weather’
ōb ‘shoot [as bamboo shoot]’
ōki ‘horn’
ōpr ‘pod’

Mid tone [-]
 
hū ‘to cover’
ōprōŏ ‘brother [speaker ; female]’
ōcŏ ‘husband’
ōkhrāyĭ ‘paramour’
mņrōną ‘orphan’
ōkr ‘parents’
phōdū ‘male [as of bovine animals, viz., cows, mithuns, buffaloes, yaks etc.]’
līpē ‘owner ; master’

Lower tone [ ]
 
hł ‘1. dig 2. to chase’
ō ‘1. ginger 2. pig’
kņvŏ ‘bamboo’
cphņs ‘apple fruit’
khēnąŏ ‘bitter gourd’
ōģ ‘sleep’
ną ‘twins’
nņlł ‘youth ; adolescence’

Practise with the following set
 
hł ‘1. cut hair Naga style
  2. feed animals while rearing
  3. cut off the top of a gourd so as to convert it into a container’
hǔ   ‘sing while working’
hū   ‘cover’
hł ‘1.dig          2. chase’
Frame 1 Frame 2 Frame 3 Frame 4
hǔ   hǔ     hū   hł
  hǔ     hǔ       hǔ     hǔ
  hū     hū       hū     hū
  hł     hł       hł     hł

2.5.2.
 
Vowels
The vowels [] and [i]
 
ōpr ‘pod with  seeds; legume’ ōprĭ ‘cup made of wood horn for  bambook’
ōc ‘husband’s elder brother’ ō ‘wife’
īh ‘the woods’ h ‘footprint ; pug mark’
ōm ‘price; cost’ ģmķ ‘tail’
ōn ‘laughter’ ō ‘festival’

The vowels [] and [a]
 
īr ‘defence-wear, made of the hide of ō ‘good’
  cow,elephantetc.,covering half the body’    
crō ‘ten’ ccō ‘oath; swearing’
špą ‘moss’ š ‘kind of shawl’
ōn ‘laughter’ ōn ‘1.dress;ornament 2.utensil’
oķ ‘1.race 2. life į ‘to pluck [as flowers]’

The [front] vowels [i] and [e]
 
ō ‘boundary’ ō ‘seed’
ōkrĭ ‘poison’ ōkrĕ ‘nest’
ō ‘bamboo’ ō ‘peel[of bamboo, banana, fish  etc.]’
ō

 

‘starting point; foundation’

 

ō
 
'arm'
 

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