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Table F.1, continued.
e. Velar/glottal consonants before =:
==( ==( ==( ==( ‘aunt’
@== @== @== @== ‘borrow’
C >=C=( >=C=( ‘cheek’
C AC= AC= AC= AC= ‘slit drum’
D F=D= F=D= F=D= F=D= ‘wide open’
f. Velar/glottal consonants before K:
=K( =K( =K( =K( ‘uncle’
@K(K( @K(K( @K(K( @K(K( ‘vine, pole’
C =K(CK =K(CK =K(CK =K(CK ‘mushroom’
C B=CK( B=CK( B=CK( B=CK( ‘gruel, pap’
D CDKHK CDKHK CDKHK CDKHK ‘frog’
(Kamanda 1998: 141)
g. Velar/glottal consonants before :
‘word, language’
>=C >=C >=C >=C ‘turtle’
C C C C C ‘village’
C C C C C ‘crab’
D
h. Velar/glottal consonants before :
( ( ( ( ‘cricket’
‘termite’
C >AAC >AAC >AAC >AAC ‘become bent with age’
C >=C >=C >=C >=C ‘turtle’
D CD(H( CD(H( CD(H( CD(H( ‘narrow, hollow’
5. Labial-Velar Consonants
(9) Contrasts between labial-velar consonants in word-initial position
a. Labial-velar consonants before E:
F FE FE FE FE ‘be tart’
C>
C> C> C> C> C> ‘deep’
M
b. Labial-velar consonants before A:
F FAFA(H( FAFA(H( FAFA(H( FAFA(H( ‘joint’
C> C>A C>A ‘think, believe’
C> C>A= C>A= C>A= C>A= ‘white clay’
M MA(A( MA(A( MA(A( MA(A( ~ M(A( M(A( M(A( M(A( ‘arrow’
c. Labial-velar consonants before :
F FF FF FF FF ‘eagle, vulture’
C>
C> C> C> C> C> ‘clear, open’
M
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