PHONETIC SYSTEM OF THE UTE LANGUAGE 219 



nuip^y, liver 

 tHvrapu, earth 



V 



The voiced counterpart of p is the bilabial fricative continuant 

 V, which appears only between two voiced vowels, 

 pa'avyw^, worms 

 ta'wayvHnbtr, chief 

 nH°vaf>', snow 

 navajyti);, six 

 navayka' varb^', seven 

 yvyksLXhy, house built of lumber 

 nunay mMVBitti'H, my nose 

 may kavay puinyka, I see the horse 

 tmqti'avyM^, rattlesnakes 

 tyavuiqM*, the devil (< Spanish diablo) 

 avatjy, Apache, Indian (< Spanish Apache) 

 tHvmp3', earth 



f 



Bilabial f is the voiceless counterpart of v. It occurs only before 

 voiceless vowels. 

 Biaf;y, salt 



ntina^' masnf^', my fingers 

 nuvsiiy, snow 

 ttukuisiiy, meat 

 pu^iy, somebody's eye 

 tuiqm'aiiy, rattlesnake 

 mwHf3', grass, hay 

 puitjyf)/, star 

 SBinawaf)', God ^ 

 kayfa, mountain 



m 

 M is a nasal consonant of the same lip position as p. 

 nLinay mti'Li, my hand 

 Bi^my tytjjYhi'a, your hair 



