Table 3. Target words

Type Stops Bilabial Alveolar Velar
CV(C) Asp. [phat] ‘red bean’[pha] ‘to dig’ [that] ‘blame’[tha] ‘to ride’ [khat] ‘stop’[kha] ‘car’
Lax [pat] ‘field’[pa] ‘to see’ [tat] ‘anchor’[ta] ‘all’ [kat] ‘hat’[ka] ‘to go’
Tense [p*ak] ‘head’[p*a] ‘to grind’ [t*ak] ‘precisely’[t*a] ‘to pick’ [k*ak] ‘croak’[k*a] ‘to peel’
Tense stops=/p* t* k*/,lax or lenis=/p t k/,aspirated=/ph th kh/.