kw’ [kw̥’]

Labialized Velar Ejective

North Slavey, Deline

1. denekw’ęnę́ [tɛnekʷ'ɛ̃nɛ̃́] "leg"  -  Speaker: SP5

The labialized velar ejective kw’ [kw̥’] in stem-initial position. 

2018-06-18

2. tík’wi [txík’w̥i] "arrowhead"  -  Speaker: SP5

This is an interesting example of this sound. This sound is a variation on kw’ [kw̥’], but is articulated differently from the other ejective affricates. It is a velar ejective [k’] followed by a labial glide [w], as opposed to the labialized velar ejective [kw̥’] found in the preceding example. Note the characteristic ejective pattern in the waveform and spectrogram. 

2018-06-19