296 G. A. Grierson— On the Kagmirt Vowel-System: —  [No. 3, 
The vowel @ is usually pronounced as in Sanskrit or Hindi, but in 
some people’s mouths it almost becomes 6. Examples are 
ae lath, plunder (masc:) (0) tad 
gy bith, a demon (masc.) — 
aa kun, a corner (masc.) ° 
SA rig, or Ua rog, a disease (Qremiaearbios fluctuating) ( mas¢.) 
ee rid, rain (masc.) © 
TA nin, salt (masc.) 
was_ sith, the puff of smoke from a pipe (masc.) 
pk tsur, a thief (masc.) 
q pit, onomatopceic sound of derision (masc.) 
ae nyukh, he was carried away by them. 
When @ commences a word it is pronounced, and seis written 
wa: thus 
GS ith, or qe with, both pronounced with, a camel (masce. ) 
These words are rare, and the above is the only example I know 
commencing with an original 4@. 
When @ is followed by i-matra, its pronunciation is not ‘affected, 
but, the 7-matra@ is as usual pronounced both before and after the con- 
sonant which precedes it. The following are examples. 
af< puri, pronounced piir’, filled (masc. pl.) 
aft tur, ta‘r', small metal saucers (mase. pl.) 
aft gir’, gir’, cowherds (masc. pl.) © 
mfX kriir, - krair’, wells ( masc. pl.) 
bass drir’, drirt, skins (masc. pl.) bi 
afe bul, «bal, language (fem. sg.) 
ufe lil’, luil', affectionately. 
afe guli, gil’, kernels (masc. pl.) 
efs dul, dul’, deserted, as an orphan (mase. pl. ) 
aife qult, jw, collected, as alms, in a cloth (fem. se.) 
afta cult, tual, I have weighed them. 
efa din’, dun‘, walnuts (masc. pl.) 
ata tin’, tén' navels (mase. pl.) 
When @ is followed by w-matra its pronunciation is practically 
unchanged. Really the lips are moved as described under the head 
of wu with u-matra. This shade of sound I may distinguish by calling 
it a. 
