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Entry |
Tone and Voice Illustrated |
Orthography |
English |
1 |
Low rising tone, regular voice |
si |
to be putrid |
2 |
Low rising tone, tense voice |
si |
to be dried up |
3 |
Low level tone, regular voice |
si |
blood |
4 |
Low level tone, tense voice |
si |
seven |
5 |
Mid rising tone, regular voice |
si |
to roll rope |
6 |
Mid rising tone, tense voice |
si |
to smoke |
7 |
Mid level tone, regular voice |
si |
(a color) |
8 |
Mid level tone, tense voice |
si |
(classifier) |
9 |
High falling tone, regular voice |
si |
to die |
10 |
High falling tone, tense voice |
si |
(a man's name) |
11 |
High level tone, regular voice |
si |
the number 'four' |
12 |
High level tone, tense voice |
si |
(a man's name) |
13 |
(The following items demonstrate phonation type and nasalazation contrasts) |
(No documentation found for the following items) |
to awaken |
14 |
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to hurry |
15 |
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to be young |
16 |
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to hurry |
17 |
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to name |
18 |
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to close the eyes |
19 |
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too close to the edge |
20 |
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to sink or dive |
21 |
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to fix food that looks appetizing |
22 |
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to be flat (of the head) |
23 |
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to give or hand over |
24 |
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to escape |
25 |
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to take one's leave (to say goodbye) |
26 |
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to skin |
27 |
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to pickle |
28 |
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to go under |
29 |
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to be old (of things) |
30 |
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to wag |
31 |
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to be warm |
32 |
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to play |
33 |
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to get dirty |
34 |
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to get dirty |
35 |
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to scrub hard with the hands |
36 |
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to have one's menstrual period |
37 |
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without stopping |
38 |
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to pass over |
39 |
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muddy |
40 |
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to wear |
41 |
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to make a salad of raw fish |
42 |
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to shout or to call |
43 |
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a target |
44 |
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to ripen (of fruit) |
45 |
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to get worse |
46 |
(vowels; ordinary) |
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47 |
(vowels; creaky) |
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48 |
(vowels; nasalized) |
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49 |
(vowels; creaky, nazalized) |
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