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hw- /hwg/ `bamboo’
rw- /rwb/ `bone’
yw-

/khywį/

 `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- /kacyg/ `rat’
-jy- /hajyį/ `tribal chief’
-my- /tąmyim/  `monkey’
-ny-  /khanyį/ `rodent’
-y-  /payą/ `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-  /pyadrąg/ `sparrow’
-gr- /pigrī/  `golden-fronted leaf-bird’
-mr- /ātamr/ `friendship’
-r- /atyąrį/ `crab’
-hr-

 /tanāhr /

`pickle’

(iii) With /l/, the clusters include /h/ and //.

-pl- /pįpąpluwą/ `theist’
-kl- /haklā/ `adultery’
-bl- /sįbl/ `anus’
-gl- /taglig/ `luggage’
-ml- /khinimlį/ `festival’
-l- /ból/ `beam’
-hl-

/kahlčyk/

 `intestines’

(iv) The clusters with /h/.
-ph- /aphim/ `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-  /jymbabwč/  `God of Accidents’
-gw-

/kwįgwčlą/

`dogs’

 

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