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§ 12, Initial Consonantic Clusters 



I have found the following initial consonantic clusters: 



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I 



It appears from this table that the stops and nasals, with following 

 nasal r and I, are the only admissible classes of initial clusters, and 

 not all the combinations of these are found. The combination pd 

 seems exceptional in this series. Combinations which occur in initial 

 but not in medial position are printed in italics. 



Examples: 



pr interjection 88.17 

 pre'rem meat pudding 



pldgi' that is all 107.21 

 pla'lcilhin boot 



piegtuwa' rkin thou takest off the boots 



pne'rkin thou whettest it 



pfco'rkin thou imbibest 



tni'rkin thou sewest 



tnairge'ti to the dawn 135.16 



traya'aa^7i shall 1 use it? 93.19 



trennilce'wTcwd^n I shall do to it 99.10 



'kmi'naqdi small son 126.11 



Tcri'tkin upper course of a river 



Moka'lhin a kind of berry 



qra'qu to the disowning 94.30 



qres' qi' whwi^ git enter! 102.35 



qla'tdqai little man 9.6 



gro'e^ she brought forth 104.8 



mle'rkin thou breakest 



mne-ene' mini sacrificing-shaman 42.5 



mne' wJcwenmik let us go away! 17.8 



mra'gtia^k I shall go home 99.2 



mra' yo^fim shall we visit him? 108.10 

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