H-Raising/Upstep in Phonetics

Surface tone patterns of nouns Monosyllabic and disyllabic noun stems such as CV(V), CVC, CV(V).CV have the following tone patterns: CV(V).CV bínā 'granary', HM CV(V) váā 'child' CVC hбy 'calabash', súm 'hair (of head)' nááki 'cow' MM kaa 'machete' pūy 'hole', tūki 'spitting cobra' zom 'poison' LM bàā 'herd' poy 'face', gbène 'horse' tèe 'chicken' sàm ‘slave’ MH dāá 'sheep' dũm ‘hyena’ gbiré 'dwarf' L si 'thing' kòy 'date palm' HH dyéké 'house' 16

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