Table 3.

Examples of syllables with echo phonology.

<	done
pa
Associated with one or two active hands, movement consists of hand separation and twisting, with single sharp action
< < <	not-bothered
fu or fw or fy
<	exist
Wriggling or fingers, repeated shaking or twisting of wrists(s), no path movement
< <	win
hw or hy
Repeated twisting of wrist, no path movement
>	thank-god
∧p
Closing and twisting of hand(s), sharp movement
> >	true
am or ∧m
Hand closes and contacts passive hand, sharp movement
>	disappear (also see Figure 2)
θp
Hand(s) close, sharp movement with abrupt stop