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Example 19-232
fíba, wɔ̀tá, nyɔní, bàtà
[HL],
fever
[LH],
water
[HH],
ant
[LL]
buttock(s)
fever, water, ant, buttock(s)
Comment:
We also find all possible tonal configurations with disyllabic words of the same lexical category (in this example, nouns).
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field data
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Tone: Simple tone system, for lexical and grammatical distinctions
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