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Table F.1, continued.<br />

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(2) Contrasts between labial consonants in word-medial position<br />

a. Labial consonants before E:<br />

C C>= C C>=<br />

>= >= ‘bone’<br />

F F FF F ‘dance’<br />

> ==(> ==(> ==(> ==(> ‘head pad’<br />

> =(> =(> =(> =(> = = = = ‘day after tomorrow’<br />

B <br />

L (L (L (L (L ‘to dance’<br />

( ( ( ( ‘to bo<strong>the</strong>r, to grow’<br />

M =(C>( =(C>( =(C>( =(C>( >KM >KM ‘banana sp.’<br />

b. Labial consonants before A:<br />

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F @AFA @AFA @AFA @AFA ‘fish scale’<br />

> A>A A>A A>A ‘liver’<br />

> C>A C>A C>A C>A ‘gun’<br />

B =BA(A =BA(A =BA(A =BA(A ‘c<strong>of</strong>fee’<br />

(loan word from French)<br />

L @A(LA( @A(LA( @A(LA( @A(LA( ‘mane’<br />

=A(@A =A(@A =A(@A =A(@A ‘glue’<br />

M AMA AMA AMA AMA ‘fold’<br />

c. Labial consonants before :<br />

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F F F F F ~ KFK KFK ‘matter’<br />

> @>@= @>@= @>@= @>@= ‘heel’<br />

> > > > > ‘needle’<br />

B <br />

L =C>L =C>L =C>L =C>L ‘pimple’<br />

‘thick’<br />

M =M =M =M =M ‘hyena’<br />

d. Labial consonants before :<br />

‘2SG’<br />

F FK(F FK(F FK(F FK(F ‘kapok’<br />

(Kam<strong>and</strong>a 1998: 133)<br />

> (>(H( (>(H( (>(H( (>(H( ‘quarrel’<br />

> (>H (>H (>H (>H ‘to do’<br />

B <br />

L <br />

C=( C=( C=( C=( ‘here’<br />

M <br />

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