The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

Table 2.5 Syllable types
CV la ‘s/he lives’
CVV c%aa ‘s/he cooks it’
CVC tan’ ‘you go’
CCV s%tu ‘be out’
CCVV staa ‘s/he sells it’
CCVC spun ‘bird’
CCVCC stunk ‘s/he straightens it’
CVCCC c%imps% ‘s/he blinks’
CCCVC kstak ‘I grow’
CVVC qawáac%a& ‘boy’
CVVCC lóonqn&i& ‘cold'
CCCVVCCC k"qoonq" ‘I snore’
2.5.1 Initial consonant clusters. The consonant clusters that occur in monomorphemes in the
word-initial position are any coronal fricative followed by any oral or nasal stop, or l or w, with
the exception of the cluster *"l.
Table 2.6 Legal initial consonant clusters (monomorphemes)
sp st sk sq sm sn sl sw
s"p s"t s"k s"q s"m s"n s"l s"w
#p #t #k #q #m #n ---- #w
32) Examples of word intial monomorphemic consonant clusters
spun ‘bird’ stak ‘it grows’
skáat'i& ‘flea’ sqaam’a& ‘corn plant leaf’
smukúk'u& ‘yellow’ snat ‘s/he embraces it’
slamám’a& ‘shiny’ swaká ‘s/he grinds (coffee)’
s%pipiléeq'e& ‘butterfly’ s%tíilan ‘chicken’
s%kit'a& ‘bat’ s%qaqá ‘it dawns’
s%mití ‘s/he spins (yarn)’ s%núxut h i& ‘vein’
s%láwat h i& ‘ drool’ s%watá ‘s/he drags it’
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