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/u/ higher-back noncentralised short vowel |
/ü:/ higher-back centralised long vowel |
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/muggu/ |
`bud’ |
/mü:ga/ |
`son’ |
/sukku/ |
`dried ginger’ |
/sü:kku/ |
`make whistle by rounding the lips’ |
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/u:,ü:/ |
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/u:/ higher-back noncentralised long vowel
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/ü:/ higher-back centralised long vowel |
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/bu:di/ |
`ash’ |
/bü: i/ |
`beedi’ |
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2.3.1.2. Contrast of Short Vowels |
2.3.1.2.1. Noncentralised Short Vowels |
/i/ higher-front noncentralised short vowel |
/e/ lower-front noncentralised short vowel |
/a/ lower-back, noncentralised short vowel |
/o/ higher-mid, back noncentralised short vowel |
/u/ higher-back noncentralised short vowel |
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/ille/ |
`no’ |
/elle/ |
`limit, boundary’ |
/pitta/ |
`bile’ |
/petti/ |
`about’ |
/eli/ |
`rat’ |
/ele/ |
`leaf’ |
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