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[Travis B.]

Restrictions imposed on onset clusters, resolved by inserting [e] before them or restructuring syllables

[eʑˈvʲolʲ]
zhviol
(n.) "zhviol, a usually melodramatic style of visual, literary, or performed art"

[e.ʑvʲuʑˈvʲolʲ]
zhviouzhviol
(n.) "melodrama to the point of obvious sarcasm"; (v.) "be sarcastic or insincere"
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[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of coda fricatives with compensatory lengthening:

[eːˈvʲolʲ]
éviol
(n.) "zhviol, a usually melodramatic style of visual, literary, or performed art"

[eː.vʲuːˈvʲolʲ]
évioûviol
(n.) "melodrama to the point of obvious sarcasm"; (v.) "be sarcastic or insincere"

[Darren]

[vʲ] > [ʝʷ]

[eːˈʝʷolʲ]
éviol
(n.) "éviol, a usually melodramatic style of visual, performed, or (most often) literary art"

[eː.ʝʷuːˈʝʷolʲ]
évioûviol
(n.) "melodrama to the point of obvious sarcasm"; (v.) "be sarcastic or insincere"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Shortening of vowels in unstressed syllables:

[eˈʝʷolʲ]
éviol
(n.) "éviol, a usually melodramatic style of visual, performed, or (most often) literary art"

[e.ʝʷuˈʝʷolʲ]
évioûviol
(n.) "melodrama to the point of obvious sarcasm"; (v.) "be sarcastic or insincere"

[foxcatdog]

[gaˈlé.ɛ:]
"Marten"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Glide exrcescence

[gaˈlé.jɛ:]
galéyê
"Marten"

[Travis B.]

[ɡ] > [ɣ]

[ɣaˈlé.jɛ:]
galéyê
"Marten"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Reduction of pretonic vowels:

[ɣəˈlé.jɛ:]
geléyê
"Marten"

[Travis B.]

Elision of pre-tonic reduced vowels.

[ˈɣlé.jɛ:]
gléyê
"Marten"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Quantitative metathesis

[ˈɣléː.jɛ]
gléye
"Marten"

[Travis B.]

[l] > [j] / C_V

[ˈɣjéː.jɛ]
gléye
"Marten"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɛ] > [a]

[ˈɣjéː.ja]
gléya
"cat; (literary or dialectal) marten, marten-like animal, also applied to weasels, stoats, and ferrets"

[Travis B.]

[ɣj] > [ʝ]

[ˈʝéː.ja]
gléya
"cat; (literary or dialectal) marten, marten-like animal, also applied to weasels, stoats, and ferrets"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Long vowel breaking:

[ˈʝiá.ja]
gláya
"cat; (literary or dialectal) marten, marten-like animal, also applied to weasels, stoats, and ferrets"

[Travis B.]

[ʝ] > [dʑ]

[ˈdʑiá.ja]
gláya
"cat; (literary or dialectal) marten, marten-like animal, also applied to weasels, stoats, and ferrets"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[j] > [ʑ]

[ˈdʑiá.ʑa]
gjája
"cat; (literary or dialectal) marten, marten-like animal, also applied to weasels, stoats, and ferrets"

[Travis B.]

Initial (and final, not applicative to this example) devoicing.

[ˈtɕiá.ʑa]
gjája
"cat; (literary or dialectal) marten, marten-like animal, also applied to weasels, stoats, and ferrets"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Disaffrication:

[ˈɕiá.ʑa]
shiája
"cat; (literary or dialectal) marten, marten-like animal, also applied to weasels, stoats, and ferrets"

[Travis B.]

Retroflexion of shibilants not in palatalizing environments.

[ˈɕiá.ʐa]
shiája
"cat; (literary or dialectal) marten, marten-like animal, also applied to weasels, stoats, and ferrets"

[foxcatdog]

*ʐ > *ɻ

[ˈɕiá.ɻa]
shiája
"cat; (literary or dialectal) marten, marten-like animal, also applied to weasels, stoats, and ferrets"