|
/ ś / |
`to pinch’ |
|
/macįbkįr/ |
`bull’ |
|
/ kįrł /
|
`head’
|
(iv) |
/ i / - / o / |
|
|
/ é / |
`this’ |
|
/ ó / |
`to shoot’ |
|
/ké/ |
`paddy’ |
|
/kņ/
|
`roof’
|
(v) |
/ ẽ / -
/ õ / |
|
|
/ t / |
`to knit’
|
|
/ katagrāyg
/
|
`lizard’
|
|
1.3.2.3.
|
Contrasts for Release :
|
(i) |
/ e / - / ẽ / |
|
|
/ pé / |
`winnowing pan’ |
|
/ p/
|
`curse’
|
(ii) |
/ a / - / ć / |
|
|
/ pla/ |
`salt’ |
|
/ plć /
|
`to bend’
|
(iii) |
/ o / - / õ
/ |
|
|
/ó/ |
`to shoot’ |
|
/õ/ |
'blacknest swiftlet' |
|
/ko/ |
'skin' |
|
/kõ/
|
'scout'
|
|
1.3.2.4. Contrasts for Height -
Position :
|
(i) |
/e/-/a/-/o/ |
|
|
/é/ |
'this' |
|
/ą / |
'child’ |
|
/ ó / |
`to shoot’ |
|
/ ké/ |
`paddy’ |
|
/ kį / |
`vagina’ |
|
/ kņ
|
`roof ‘
|
(ii) |
/ ẽ/ - / ć / |
|
|
/ t / |
`to knit’ |
|
/ tć/
|
`fish’
|
(iii) |
/ć / - / õ/ |
|
|
/ chćgyć/ |
`red-whiskered bulbul’ |
|
/tabróch/
|
`hunter’
|
|
1.3.3.
|
Consonants :
|
1.3.3.1.
|
Contrasts for Place of Articulation
:
|
(i) |
/ p / - / t / - / k / |
|
|
/ pņ / |
`prison’ |
|
/ to / |
`tender nut ‘ |
|
/ ko / |
`skin ‘ |
|
|
|
(ii) |
/b/ - /d / |
|
|
/ bó / |
`march’ |
|
/ dó/ |
`cough’ |
|
|
|
(iii) |
/b/ - /g/ |
|
|
/brą/ |
`button’ |
|
/grā/ |
`roar of a tiger’ |
|
|
|
(iv) |
/d/ - /g/ |
|
|
/dyś/ |
`Eleusine coracana’ |
|
/gył/
|
`butter’
|
|