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/nā/ [nā.]  `smell’
/kinyā/
 		 [küňā.]
 		  `nine’
 
1.4.3.4.

Norms :
 
(1) /p/ - [p] : Voiceless bilabial released stop.
/pįpł/
 [pįpł]
  `mushroom’
/prą/
 [prą]
 		`good’s
/nyįpņ/
  [nįpņ]
 		`sesame’
/kap/

 		[kap]

  `bat’
(2) /t/ - [t] : Voiceless apicodental stop.
/ tm /
 		[tm]
 		`sky’
/ ta/
  [ta]
  `swallow’
/ at/
 		[?at]
  `hail’
/ meẽtō/

 		[me?ẽtō.]

  `bud’
(3) /k/ - [k] : Voice less dorsovelar released stop.
/ko/
  [ko]
  `skin’
/kapé/
  [kapwé]
 		`leech’
/tk/
 		[tk]
 		`grasshopper’
/kwįg/
  [kwįk’]
  `dog’
/tįkw/

  [tįkw]

  `mushroom’
(4) /b/ - [b] : Voiced bilabial released stop.
/b/

[b]

  `future’
/bś/
  [bś]
 		`pus’
/habį/
  [habĮ]
  `bedbug’
/lbõ/
 		[lbõ]
 		`driftwood’
/khįmbą/

 [khįmbą]

 `squirrel’
(5) /d/ - [d] : Voiced apicodental stop.
/dó/
 [dó]
 		 `cough’
/dulį/
 		[dulĮ]
  `terrapin’
/dįyk/
 		[dĮyk’]
  `language’
/ad ī/
 [?ad ī.]
 `story’
/tadįb/
  [tadįĮp’]
  `falcon’
/diya/
  [diya]
 `a game trap’

(6) /g/ - [g] : Voiced dorsovelar released stop.
/gī /
  [gī .]
 `yam’
/grąb/
 [grąp’]
 		`donkey’
/mįgģ/
  [mįg]
 		`cucumber’
/hagrąyg/
  [hagrąyk’]
 		`flying-squirrel’s

(7) /c/ - [c] : Voiceless apicodental affricate.
/ cįbć/  [cįbć] `clam’
/chįg/  [chįk’] `louse’
/macįb/ [macĮp’]  `cow’
/kącgtyą/  [kącgtyą´]  `scorpion’
(8) /j / - [j] : Voiced apicodental affricate.
/ jśw /
  [jśw]
 		`cold’
/ tįji /
  [tįji]
  `height’

/kijõ]/
 		 [küjõ] `hornbill’
/hįjẽ/
  [hįjẽ]
 		`wall’

(9) /m/ - [m] : Bilabial nasal.
/myą/
  [myą]
  `wife’
/mówą/
 [mówą]
 `husband’
 

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