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The Sounds of Washo: Consonants

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b báːc'uk “ammunition” ES, SJ dáːbal “sagebrush” ES, SJ
d daːbal “sagebrush” ES, SJ dáːdaʔ “bed” ES, SJ
g gáːzagaza “a bird” ES t'áːgim “pinenut” ES, SJ
p pac'il “pus” ES, SJ lapɨš “my body” ES, SJ dawmaʔgáːp “wet place” ES, SJ
t taniw “miwak” ES, SJ dataːgil “his knife” ES t'áːt'at “magpie” ES, SJ
k kaŋa “cave” ES, SJ maku “decayed tooth” ES, SJ báːc'uk “ammunition” ES, SJ
p' p'áːwa “in the valley” ES, SJ dáːp'áːpɨš “his lungs” ES, SJ
t' t'áːgim “pinenut” ES, SJ t'áːt'at “magpie” ES, SJ
k' k'áːŋi “it's roaring” ES, SJ (k'áːŋ) k'áːk'aʔ “heron” ES, SJ
c' c'ámduʔ “chokecherry” ES dic'ác'aʔ “my chin” ES
s súkuʔ “dog” ES yaːsaʔ “again” ES, SJ ʔayɨs “antelope” ES, SJ
z gáːzagaza “a bird” ES
š šáwaʔ “white fir” ES dišášaʔ “my mothers sister” ES wáːlaš “bread” ES, SJ
h hélmeʔ “three” ES ʔaːhuyi “they are standing” ES, SJ
m máːmayʔ “bird in basket” ES báːmuš “muskrat” ES, SJ t'áːgim “pinenut” ES, SJ
n nanholwa “golden currant” ES áːni “ant” ES
ŋ ŋáwŋaŋ “child” ES, SJ ŋáwŋaŋ “child” ES, SJ ŋáwŋaŋ “child” ES, SJ
l lak'aʔ “one” ES, SJ wáːlaš “bread” ES, SJ pac'il “pus” ES, SJ
w wáːlaš “bread” ES, SJ p'aːwa “in the valley” ES, SJ daʔaw “lake” ES, SJ
y yaːsaʔ “again” ES, SJ dayáyʔ “leaf” ES
Ŋ dewŊétiʔ “hillside sloping down” ES
M Mášdɨmmi “he's hiding” ES dakMáːš “his face” ES, SJ
L madukwáwLu “sunflower” ES
W Wáʔi “he's the one who's doing it” ES dakMáːš “his face” ES, SJ
Y t'áːYaŋi “he's hunting” ES
ʔ daʔaw “lake” ES, SJ dáːdaʔ “bed” ES, SJ

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