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| Bilabial ejective stop | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| pʼ | |||
| IPA number | 101 + 401 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | pʼ | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+0070 U+02BC | ||
| X-SAMPA | p_> | ||
| Braille | |||
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Abilabial ejective is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in somespokenlanguages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨pʼ⟩.
Features of a bilabial ejective stop:
In addition to the languages listed below, this sound is also a common phonological feature of the Ethiopian linguistic area, especiallyEthiopian Semitic languages.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adyghe | пӏакӏэ | [pʼaːt͡ʃʼa]ⓘ | 'thin' | ||
| Amharic | ጴጥሮስ/p̣iéṭros | [pʼetʼros] | 'Peter' | ||
| Armenian | Yerevan dialect[1] | պոչ/pochʿ | [pʼotʃʰ] | 'tail' | Corresponds to tenuis[p⁼] in otherEastern dialects |
| Chechen | пӏелг /phelg /ڢەلگ | [pʼelɡ] | 'finger' | ||
| Damin | p'ngu | [pʼŋu] | 'after' | Varies with a "bilabial spurt" [ʘ↑] | |
| Ganza[2]: 95 | [pʼá̰bḭ́] | 'gathering' | |||
| Georgian | პეპელა/pepela | [pʼɛpʼɛlɑ] | 'butterfly' | ||
| Hadza | hûbbu | [ɦuːpʼu] | 'to lift something heavy' | (mimetic) | |
| Haida | ttappad | [tʼapʼat] | 'to break' | (mimetic) | |
| Halkomelem | p̓əq̓ | [pʼəqʼ] | 'white' | ||
| Kabardian | цӏапӏэ /çaṗe /ڗاࢠه | [t͡sʼaːpʼa]ⓘ | 'mean' | ||
| Kunigami | p'aapaa | [pʼaːpaː] | 'grandmother' | ||
| Lushootseed | Northern Lushootseed | p̓uay̓ | [pʼuˈɑjʼ] | 'flounder' | |
| Nez Perce | p’íłin | [ˈpʼiɬin] | 'hole' | ||
| Ossetian | Iron | пъовыр/phovyr | [ˈpʼovɪ̈r] | 'cook' | |
| Quechua | p’acha | [pʼat͡ʃa] | 'clothes' | ||
| Ubykh | wıp'ts'e | [wɨpʼtsʼɜ] | 'your name' | SeeUbykh phonology | |
| Yurok[3] | kaap' | [kaːpʼ] | 'leaves' | ||