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-mw- /tąmyimwčlą/ `monkeys’
-´y- /nwč/ `we (subjective)’

-hw-

/pilūhw/  `common starling’
-rw-
 		/trwi/
 		`swamp’
(vi) Clusters with a nasal as C1 and a stop, fricative or affricate as C2.
-mp- /n mpala/  `ocean’
-mt- /pmtņ/ `papaya’
-mk- /hmezimko/ `measles’
-mb- /khįmbą/  `giant red squirrel’
-mg- /hįramga/ `assembly’
-ms- /gomsį/  `handkerchief’
-mz- /sįpmzé/ `buttock’
-p- /khląpą/ `shoulder’
-t- /thątwi/ `pigtail’
-k- /lįkap/ `plain’
-d- /įdiw/ `yard’
-g- /įgõ/ `at home’
-s- /tyas/ `ring’
-z- /tzé/ `banian’
     
(vii) Clusters with /y/ as C1.
-yg- /thayga/ `hot’
-yn-
 		/wąyą/
 		`small bowl’

(viii) Clusters which do not fall under any apparent pattern.
(a) Stop + Stop
-bt- /tadįbtalẽ/ `hawk’
-gp- /krigpe/ `ear ring’
-gt-

/tacagtako/

  `straw’
(b) Stop + Affricate
 
-gj-
 		/athigjó/
 		`a weaving design’
(c) Stop + Nasal
-bm-
 		/jyįbmalł/
 		`Creator’
(d) Voiced Stop + Fricative
-bs-
 		/kįrąbsņ/
  `wrinkle’
(e) Nasal + Nasal
-n- /khįjyana/  `fee’
-mn-
 		/įhmną/
 		`a type of greens’

1.5.2.2.1.3. 
Final Clusters :
 
-yk- /dįyk/ `language’
-yg- /hagrąyg/ `squirrel’
-yn-

 		/wąy/

 		`bowl’

Biconsonantal cluster matrix is on the next page.
 1.5.2.2.2. 

Triconsonantal Clusters - C1C2C3 :
 
These occur in initial and medial positions.

(i)
 

 Initially the cluster is always of the type
 
  [Voiceles  stop]                     

   [Voiceless affricate ]

  + h +   [1]

   [r] 

   [y]

phl-  /phl/ `stone’
thr-

 		/thr/

 		`Indian skimmer’
 

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