 one not produced with the tip of the tongue).This process is also fed by apocope, and seems to be lexically governed to an extent, since Lardil words can end in a laminal; compare "kakawuɲ" 'a species of bird', "kulkic" 'a species of shark'.In addition to the dropping of non-apicals, a process of apicalization is at work, giving forms such as "ŋawit" from underlying laminal-final "*ŋawic".