pope
[ɸoχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
vowels strengthen following dorsals.
Word evolution game
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Re: Word evolution game
⟨notenderdude⟩
"May all here present witness be!
Alyen of Dúr is bound to me
and from this day all nature hails
the future Keeper of the Scales!"
"May all here present witness be!
Alyen of Dúr is bound to me
and from this day all nature hails
the future Keeper of the Scales!"
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Re: Word evolution game
pope
[oχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Loss of *ɸ before rounded vowels
[oχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Loss of *ɸ before rounded vowels
Re: Word evolution game
pope
[wɒχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
o > wɒ
[wɒχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
o > wɒ
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Re: Word evolution game
pope
[wæχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
umlaut.
[wæχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
umlaut.
⟨notenderdude⟩
"May all here present witness be!
Alyen of Dúr is bound to me
and from this day all nature hails
the future Keeper of the Scales!"
"May all here present witness be!
Alyen of Dúr is bound to me
and from this day all nature hails
the future Keeper of the Scales!"
Re: Word evolution game
pope
[wɑχæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Uvular-coloring.
[wɑχæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Uvular-coloring.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Re: Word evolution game
pope
[wɑhæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Debuccalisation
[wɑhæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Debuccalisation
LZ – Lēri Ziwi
PS – Proto Sāzlakuic (ancestor of LZ)
PRk – Proto Rākēwuic
XI – Xú Iạlan
VN – verbal noun
SUP – supine
DIRECT – verbal directional
My language stuff
PS – Proto Sāzlakuic (ancestor of LZ)
PRk – Proto Rākēwuic
XI – Xú Iạlan
VN – verbal noun
SUP – supine
DIRECT – verbal directional
My language stuff
Re: Word evolution game
pope
[wɑçæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Palatalization before front vowels.
[wɑçæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Palatalization before front vowels.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Re: Word evolution game
pope
[jæçæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Regressive palatalization
[jæçæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Regressive palatalization
Re: Word evolution game
pope
[ɟʝæcçæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Fortition of palatals.
[ɟʝæcçæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Fortition of palatals.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Re: Word evolution game
pope
[ɟʝacça]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Vowels collapse back into a five vowel system
[ɟʝacça]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Vowels collapse back into a five vowel system
Re: Word evolution game
New Word
[ˈnɔk.kus]
nọkkus
“wolverine”
[ˈnɔk.kus]
nọkkus
“wolverine”
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Re: Word evolution game
gaka
[gɣakxa]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
depalatalization.
nọkkus
[ˈnɔxus]
‘wolverine’
geminates > fricatives
[gɣakxa]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
depalatalization.
nọkkus
[ˈnɔxus]
‘wolverine’
geminates > fricatives
⟨notenderdude⟩
"May all here present witness be!
Alyen of Dúr is bound to me
and from this day all nature hails
the future Keeper of the Scales!"
"May all here present witness be!
Alyen of Dúr is bound to me
and from this day all nature hails
the future Keeper of the Scales!"
Re: Word evolution game
gaka
[ɣakxa]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
*gɣ > *ɣ
nọkkus
[ˈnɔxəs]
‘endonym’
*u > *ə between a non coronal and a coronal
[ɣakxa]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
*gɣ > *ɣ
nọkkus
[ˈnɔxəs]
‘endonym’
*u > *ə between a non coronal and a coronal
Re: Word evolution game
gaka
[ʁakxa]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
ɣ > ʁ
nọkkus
[ˈnɔχəs]
‘endonym’
Velars back after back vowels.
[ʁakxa]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
ɣ > ʁ
nọkkus
[ˈnɔχəs]
‘endonym’
Velars back after back vowels.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Re: Word evolution game
rẹkx
[ʁɛkx]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Vowel loss with compensatory dissimilation of identical vowels
nọkkus
[ˈnɔχɔsə]
‘endonym’
*ə+Coronal# > *ɔ+Coronal+ə
[ʁɛkx]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Vowel loss with compensatory dissimilation of identical vowels
nọkkus
[ˈnɔχɔsə]
‘endonym’
*ə+Coronal# > *ɔ+Coronal+ə
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Man in Space
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Re: Word evolution game
rẹkx
[ʁɛkʲʃ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Progressive palatalization
nọkkus
[ˈnɔɔsə]
‘endonym’
*χ > Ø / V_V
[ʁɛkʲʃ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Progressive palatalization
nọkkus
[ˈnɔɔsə]
‘endonym’
*χ > Ø / V_V
Re: Word evolution game
rẹkx
[ʁɛkʲiʃ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Epenthesis.
nọkkus
[ˈnausə]
‘endonym’
Dissimilation.
[ʁɛkʲiʃ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’
Epenthesis.
nọkkus
[ˈnausə]
‘endonym’
Dissimilation.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Re: Word evolution game
rẹkx
[ɢʁɛkʲiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’
prosthetic initial plosive
naus
[ˈnaus]
‘endonym’
loss of word-final shwa
[ɢʁɛkʲiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’
prosthetic initial plosive
naus
[ˈnaus]
‘endonym’
loss of word-final shwa
Re: Word evolution game
rẹkx
[ˈqχɛkʲiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’
Initial devoicing.
naus
[ˈnawus]
‘endonym’
Insertion of glide.
[ˈqχɛkʲiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’
Initial devoicing.
naus
[ˈnawus]
‘endonym’
Insertion of glide.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Re: Word evolution game
rẹkx
[ˈqχɛciʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’
[kʲ] > [c].
naus
[ˈnawuh]
‘endonym’
word-final lenition.
[ˈqχɛciʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’
[kʲ] > [c].
naus
[ˈnawuh]
‘endonym’
word-final lenition.
⟨notenderdude⟩
"May all here present witness be!
Alyen of Dúr is bound to me
and from this day all nature hails
the future Keeper of the Scales!"
"May all here present witness be!
Alyen of Dúr is bound to me
and from this day all nature hails
the future Keeper of the Scales!"