Consonant Clusters

BANTOANON (ASI) ALPHABET

CONSONANT CLUSTERS
Heather J Crossley, SIL (June 2014)

CONSONANTS WITH Yy : WORD INITIAL and MEDIAL

WORD INITIAL

WORD MEDIAL

By byernes ‘friday’

By  abyerto ‘open’

Dy dyaryo ‘newspaper’

Dy badyáng ‘never mind’

Gy gyera/gera ‘war’

 

Ly  lyanera ‘cake pan’

 

Ny ---

Ny anyos ‘year’

Py pyansa ‘a fine’

Py hopyà ‘hopia’

Sy syansi ‘egg lifter’

Sy pasensya ‘sorry’

Ty tyagâ ‘persevere’

Ty atyara  
   ‘pickled papaya’

Ts tsanggì
    ‘market stalls’

Ts atsara
   ‘pickled papaya’

 

CONSONANTS WITH Rr :

Br     braso ‘upper arm’

Br abrido ‘open’

Dr    drayber ‘driver’

Dr Andres ‘Andrew’

Gr    gripo ‘faucet/tap’

Gr agra ‘invite to a meal’

Pr    prangka
         ‘frank speech’

Pr aprubado ‘approved’

Bl     blangko ‘blank’

Bl Pablo Paul’

Pl     plantsa ‘an iron’

Pl simple ‘simple’

 

CONSONANTS WITH Gg :

NGg banggà
         ‘bump into/ crash’

NGg langgà love’

NGg pingga
  ‘Chinese carrying pole’

NGg dominggo/ domingo ‘Sunday/ week’

NGg bungga

       ‘big celebration’

NGg bunggò
        ‘throw stones’

 

CONSONANTS WITH Ww :

Kw   kwago ‘owl’

Kw kwites ‘fireworks’

Kw   kwatro  ‘four’

Kw akwa  ‘aqua’

Gw  gwapo ‘handsome’

Gw agwanta ‘pause/wait’ (fishing term)

Gw  gwantis ‘gloves’

Gw sinigweles
          ‘kind of fruit’

Pw  pwerta  ‘door’

Pw pwede ‘can/permit’

Puy puyra ‘except for’

Pu  puyde  ‘can/permit’

Sw  swerte ‘luck’

Sw aswete
    ‘fruit bearing plant’

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