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4. / i/
x /au/
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/kauri/
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‘shell’
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/k¨iri/
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‘to make rope’
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1.3.3 Consonants
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1. /p/ vs
/d/
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/pķtnąm/
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‘showing’
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/bķtnąm/
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‘flowing’
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/pįnąm/
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‘getting’
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/bįnąm/
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‘roasting’
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/apļ /
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‘all’
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/abļ/
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‘eldest brother’
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/tapi/
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‘grass’
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/tabi/
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‘snake’
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/tapad/
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‘leech’
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/tabad/
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‘sugarcane’
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2. /t/ vs
/d/
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/tuNgėm/
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‘verandah’
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/duėgėm/
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‘a good place to sit’
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/tt/
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‘wait(imp.)’
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/dct/
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‘eat(imp.)’
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/git/
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‘go (imp)’
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/gid/
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‘go (present)’
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3. /k/ vs
/g/
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/kėnė/
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‘’normal taste’
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/gėnė/
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‘bent’
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/kunė/
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‘sour’
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/gune/
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‘hot/one who winnows’
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/migm/
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‘officer’
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/mikm/
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‘cheek’
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4. /p/ vs
/t/
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/rupum/
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‘public opinion’
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/rutum/
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‘god, headman’
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/pnįm/
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‘to steal’
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/tnam/
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‘to bring water’
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5. /p/ vs
/k/
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6. /b/ vs
/g/
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/bļt/
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‘to give’
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/gi_t/
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‘to go’
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7. /s/ x
/z/
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/st/
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‘dance’
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/zt/
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‘carry on’
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/sķnė/
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‘coming up’
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/zķnė/
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‘hard’
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/misi/
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‘the Miri people’
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/mizi/
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‘old man’
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/as/
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‘branch’
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/az/
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‘friend’
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8. /m/ vs
/n/
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/ma/
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‘not’
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/na/
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‘and’
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/mat/
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‘calf’
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/nat/
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‘a kind of fish’
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/amļn/
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‘name’
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/anļn/
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‘upland’
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9. /m/ vs
/N/
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/lukam/
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‘way of saying’
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/luka/
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‘to wish to say’
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/alum/
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‘eldest son’
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/lu/
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‘boat’
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10. /n/ vs
/N/
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/n/
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‘you’
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//
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‘I’
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/anļn/
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‘upland’
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/aNļn/
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‘torn out’
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/lukan/
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‘to show’
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/luka/
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‘wish to say’
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/dun/
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‘am’
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/du/
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‘is (he)?’
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11. /l/ vs
/r/
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/lįt/
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‘bring’
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/rįt
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‘boil’
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/lt/
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‘to dry up in the sun’
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/rt/
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‘to brood’
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‘mood’
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‘wine’
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/mili/
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‘a Mising clan’
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/miri/
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‘Mising, a tribal community’
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/al/
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‘salt’
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/ar/
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‘truth’
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12. /y/ vs
/w/
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/ay/
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‘tongue’
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/aw/
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‘son’
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/ayag/
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‘half’
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/awa/
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‘west’
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