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The name of the goddess, the colour black, time, etc is the word with a long open back unrounded vowel, though length has disappeared in some modern Indian languages. The dice (losing dice), disaster, the epoch in which sin dominates, seed (from which dice is made), bud, etc. uses a short open-mid to close-mid vowel (the exact position depends on the language) which is central unrounded to back rounded depending on the language. In a large tract, it is mid central unrounded schwa.

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In languages with a marked length, the name of the goddess has a long I, whereas the bud has a short i.

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The etymology of this group of words, and their exact relation to each other is not very clear.