28 THE ORMURI OR BARGISTA LANGUAGE. [53. 



In two exceptional cases we have Prs. initial b becoming O. p, viz. Prs. ban, a 

 house, O. pdn, a roof ; Prs. batak, O. patakk'\ a duck. 



§ 53. Long vowels in borrowed words are occasionally nasalized, as in Prs. bue, 

 0. buy, a smell. 



