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=== Tones === | === Tones === | ||
Tones have a high functional load in Þhea Kï. | |||
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! Rom. | ! Rom. | ||
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! English name | ! English name | ||
! Example | ! Example | ||
! Description | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '''ā̄''' | | '''ā̄''' | ||
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| top | | top | ||
| ''kā̄'' /kɑ˥/ 'short' | | ''kā̄'' /kɑ˥/ 'short' | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''' | | '''ā''' | ||
| | | /˦/ | ||
| '' | | high | ||
| ''kā'' /kɑ˦/ 'coat' | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''' | | '''a''' | ||
| | | /˧/ | ||
| '' | | mid | ||
| ''ka'' /kɑ˧/ 'to take' | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''' | | '''a̱''' | ||
| | | /˨/ | ||
| '' | | low | ||
| ''ka̱'' /kɑ˨/ 'to breathe' | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''' | | '''a̱̱''' | ||
| | | /˩/ | ||
| '' | | bottom | ||
| ''ka̱̱'' /kɑ˩/ 'to burn (intrans.)' | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''' | | '''a̗''' | ||
| | | /˩˥/ | ||
| '' | | low-rise | ||
| ''ka̗'' /kɑ˩˥/ 'roof' | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '''- | | '''á''' | ||
| | | /˧˥/ | ||
| '' | | mid-rise | ||
| ''ká'' /kɑ˧˥/ 'fencepost' | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '''à''' | |||
| /˥˩/ | |||
| high-fall | |||
| ''kà'' /kɑ˥˩/ 'crow, raven; (ideophone) caw' | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '''a̖''' | |||
| /˧˩/ | |||
| mid-fall | |||
| ''ka̖'' /kɑ˧˩/ 'finger' | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '''a̬''' | |||
| /˨˩˨/ | |||
| dip | |||
| ''ka̬'' /kɑ˨˩˨/ 'oil, fat, grease' | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '''â''' | |||
| /˨˦˨/ | |||
| dip | |||
| ''kâ'' /˨˦˨/ 'to imprint, to stamp' | |||
|} | |} | ||
==== Tone box ==== | ==== Tone box ==== | ||