294 G: A. Grierson—On the Kagmirt Vowel-System. [No. 3, 
STS zul” or ae wozul", both pronounced wézull, red. 
ds. od or He wsd ' wod, the crown of the 
head (fem. ) 
SSt Odur or AZT wodur wodur, the belly. 
vas Okhul or ada wokhul wokhul, a mortar. 
wUz othun or - 4ue wothun wothun, to rise. 
When the sound is medial, only wa is written not u: Thus,— 
@= dod, milk (masc.) ‘qa bon, below. 
we khod, a pit (masc.) wa wl, dregs of ghi (fem. ‘er 
“aq tsdl, a fireplace (fem.) awe . wid, scalp (fem.) 
wa mol, price (masc.) e7q 201, drowsiness (fem.) _ 
yes oth, piles (fem.) “qu tsdth, breaking wind (fem.) 
za. dokh, pain (masc.) wa mbokh, a cut branch (masc.) | 
ga chodkh, a wound (mase.) aa dds, wall (fem. ) 
qu nég, a daughter-in-law (fem.) we khéth, false, (used as a nomi- 
waa khrokh, a snore (masc.) nal verb.) 
qa son, gold (masc.), a co-wife wa ssén, to the four. 
(fem.) wa khdn, elbow (fem.) 
In most of these, a faint w-sound is. heard before the o, but it is 
hardly necessary to represent it,and it need not be considered for prac- 
tical purposes. If strict rigour of transliteration is required, then we 
should write d°éd, kh*éd, &c. In some words, such as ddd it is more 
distinct than others, but it depends partly on individual speakers, and 
partly on whether the speaker is speaking carefully or not. 
When w is followed by i-mdtra@ its sound is not changed, As aoe 
the i is pronounced both before and after the consonant which precedes 
it; thus, 
aft gurt, pronounced guir‘, horses. 
WT cur’, (¢utri), children (of either ay 
aia muj*, (mu‘j*), a radish. 
gia tuji, ; (tuéj‘), a little piece of reed or thin wood. 
afa buth', (bu‘th*) faces (nom. pl.) 
When the vowel u is followed by w-matra its pronunciation is very 
slightly altered. The change is so slight that it is unnecessary, to 
reproduce it in transliteration, but, in order to show the extreme nice- 
ness of Kagmiri pronunciation I make the following attempt to teach 
the reader how to pronounce these two sounds. 
When in English we pronounce the oo in the word good, we pout 
out the lips, and keep them pouted till we have pronounced the d.- In 
