A Phonemic Analysis of the Apurinã Language

V.b.Vowels (cont.)/ι̃/[ι]ι̃šimʌ'gιtε 'your (pl) fish' ιšimʌ'gιtε 'his fish'ι̃sι'bεŋkʌ 'you(pl) go' ιsι'bεŋkʌ 'he goes'kι̃ι̃'rιkι 'rat'kιι'nιrι 'feast'nι'tυι 'my things' ka'mυ̃ι̃ 'summer'ιŋ'giti 'your (pl) feet' ι'giti 'his foot'ιn'tapυ 'your (pl) bows' ι'tapυ 'his bow'ιm'boto 'your (pl) lips' ι'boto 'his lips'ιŋʌ'rι̃ʌ̃ 'a drink'ko'rιʌ 'resin'h̃ι̃ι̃'rikʌ 'you(pl) fall' ι'rikʌ 'he falls'ka'mĩ̵ĩ̵rι 'red macaw'/ι/[i̵]ka'mi̵rι 'soul, spirit'V.b.V.b.Vowels (cont.)/i/ /ĩ/ /ι̃/iitυ'bʌŋkʌ 'he sits' iintυ'bʌŋkʌ 'you(pl) sit'i'yaŋkυ 'his hair' h̃ĩ'yaŋkυ 'your (pl) hair'mapi'ʌ̃ 'dark'tιrιkʌ'pĩʌ̃ 'querosene'oyυ'piʌ 'a bird'intiki'bĩʌ̃ 'door''ii 'yes, fine''ĩĩ / ĩ'ĩ 'his suet'i'čĩʌ̃ 'smoke'iin'ȼĩʌ̃ 'cooking oil'a'niυ 'mosquito'ι̃ʌ̃'nĩ· 'mist'iyʌ'šiti 'sky'kačĩʌ̃'šiti 'cloud'ma'niti 'deer'katin'tĩ 'fire ant'ši'karε 'song'šiŋ'gʌnι 'tucano'ši'miri 'a wasp' imi'rĩ 'dry land'i'čawʌ 'he is' in'čawʌ 'you(pl) are' ιn'čimʌ 'you eat (fruit)''iri 'tuber' ĩ'ĩri 'macaco parauacu' ι̃'ι̃wι 'his flower'kapυ'rυ̃ĩ 'sphere' ka'mυ̃ι̃ 'summer'čipa'rĩʌ̃ 'banana drink' ιŋʌ'rι̃ʌ̃ 'a drink'in'tυpʌ 'forest, mato' ιn'tapυ 'your (pl) bows'Vowels (cont.)/ε/ /ɛ̃/ /ι̃/ta'tabε 'umari starch'ki'mibε 'milho meal'oι'k y εro 'her husband'ssister'εrε'gʌrι 'it is good'tata'bɛ̃ 'umari drink'kimi'bɛ̃ 'milho drink'ιrι'k y ɛ̃·ro 'woman'sname'εrεŋ'gʌȼi 'blood'21