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<a itshun, yttshun, to wish. 
xe ipat®, yiptitt, the yoke of a plough. 
When 7 is followed by 7-m@tra@ its pronunciation is not affected. 
The 7-matra@ is pronounced only after the preceding consonant. 
afa it (yit‘), here. 
fefa liv’, they weve plastered by us. 
fafe mil‘, reconciliations. 
fafe kil‘, pegs. 
fafa nin‘, about to be taken (mase. plur.) 
fefS hin, the neighing of a horse (fem.) 
When 7 is followed by w-mdtra, it is pronounced yu, and the final 
consonant is fully pronounced, as usual. In such cases the zis often 
written yu, andthe w-matra omitted : thus ; 
faa mil" or BA myul, both pronounced myuil, reconciliation. 
faa kit’ or Iq kyut, kyutt, on account of. 
fae kil” or waa kyul, kyull, a peg. 
faq liv or aq lyuy, lyuvv, he was plastered by us. 
ahaq nécio or BRIA nécywo  nécyuvv, a son. 
In the case of three verbs, the different spellings, mean different 
things ; thus 
faa nin, to take, wa nyun, the act of taking, both pronounced nyunn. 
fax din, to give, qa dyun, the act of giving, dyunn. 
fas yin", to come, wa yyun, the act of coming, yyunn. 
When 7 is followed by #-mdira, it is pronounced something like 
yi, in which w% represents a short German wi. Thus 
fea liv*, pronounced lyiivv, she was plastered by us. 
fas phir® phyiirr, she was turned over by us. 
Instances of this are rare. 
The vowel 2 is pronounced as in Sanskrit and Hindi, thus,— 
Riaz cin, snow (masc.) 
When the vowel commences a word, it is pronounced y2; thus, 
Tq iran, pronounced yiran, an anvil (fem.) 
Suxq trun, yirun, to float. . 
se id, yid, the Musalman festival. 
ey its, yits®, so much (fem.) 
When 2 is followed by u-matra it becomes yw, and is so written. 
Thus the word ate nil“, blue, becomes, and is written, aha ny ul (za 
nyul would be better). This accounts ioe numerous evel forms of 
the Past Participle Masculine. . 
