Description |
Elicitation of the following words:
For [a]: mad person, sorghum thrusher, all, there, spit,
For [i/ɪ]: shin, creek, something wove, person, to tie, a kind of disease (pregnancy, bad spirit, smoke), WB,
For [e/ɛ]: root, to live,
For [o/ɔ]: skin, fishspear, one,
For [u/ʊ]: circle,
Minimal pairs: woman, hill, to find; to grab, handle (general), handle of axes, handle of spears; yes, neck; up, sore; summer, hunter; plate, ladle; to hold, to catch; to see, rain season, delicious
The ELAN transcription is made by Keira Mullan, the collector of collection KCP3, which has a focus on nominal person, number, and gender in Kufo. |