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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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