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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
hw-
/hw
g/
`bamboo’
rw-
/rw
b
/
`bone’
yw-
/kh
ywį/
`dim’
1.5.2.2.1.2. :
Medical Clusters
(i)
With /y/ all consonants except /h/, /z/ and /r/ form clusters. Note that the gaps in the distribution of initial clusters are filled here.
-by-
/abyć/
`slope’
-ty-
/hątyó/
`hand’
-dy-
/tadyį/
`grey squirrel’
-ky-
/akyu/
`piety’
-gy-
/pįgyą/
`to sweep’
-cy-
/kacy
g/
`rat’
-jy-
/hajyį/
`tribal chief’
-my-
/tąmyim/
`monkey’
-ny-
/khanyį
/
`rodent’
-
y-
/pa
yą/
`to complete’
-sy-
/kasyõsyī/
`rodent’
-ly-
/maly
/
`rhinoceros’
-wy-
/piwyą/
`to bloom’
(ii) With /r/, the cluster formation includes the nasals*.
-pr-
/tapr
/
`wild dog’
-tr-
/mitrī/
`smithy’
-kr-
/įnyakr
/
`nose ring’
* /n/ does not occur before a morpheme boundary.
-br-
/ tąbr
/
`beef’
-dr-
/p
yadrąg/
`sparrow’
-gr-
/p
i
grī/
`golden-fronted leaf-bird’
-mr-
/ātamr
/
`friendship’
-
r-
/atyą
rį/
`crab’
-hr-
/tanāhr
/
`pickle’
(iii) With /l/, the clusters include /h/ and /
/
.
-pl-
/pįpąpluwą/
`theist’
-kl-
/haklā/
`adultery’
-bl-
/sįbl
/
`anus’
-gl-
/tagl
i
g/
`luggage’
-ml-
/kh
i
nimlį/
`festival’
-
l-
/bó
l
/
`beam’
-hl-
/kahlčyk/
`intestines’
(iv) The clusters with /h/.
-ph-
/aph
i
m/
`reed’
-th-
/tath
/
`turnstone’
-kh-
/tįkhą
/
`pillow’
-ch-
/tbróch
/
`hunter’
(v) The cluster with /w/ include the bilabials and the velar nasal.
-pw-
/pįpąpwčlą
/
`monks’
-kw-
/tįkw
/
`mushroom’
-bw-
/jy
mbabwč/
`God of Accidents’
-gw-
/kwįgwčlą
/
`dogs’
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