Phoneme: m

IPA: [m]

m [m]: bilabial nasal


Word: dimííl [tɪmíːl] “thousand”

Description: The m [m] is a bilabial nasal stop, in stem initial position, intervocalically, and preceded by the di [tɪ]-prefix. Nasal sounds are stops with the air pushed out through the nasal cavity (the nose).