Word evolution game

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Semivowel fortition:

玻鏡見
[θɸtsy᷈ᵝɸʃi̥]
thftsûfshi
'narcissus, jonquil, daffodil; (informally) a seasonal garment with a pattern of such flowers'

[Man in Space]

*θɸ > h̪͆ / %_, _%

玻鏡見
[h̪͆tsy᷈ᵝɸʃi̥]
thftsûfshi
'narcissus, jonquil, daffodil; (informally) a seasonal garment with a pattern of such flowers; (informal, derogatory) adolescent'

[foxcatdog]

Initial CC clusters dissapear leaving behind aspiration if a fricative was lost

玻鏡見
[tsʰy᷈ᵝɸʃi̥]
htsûfshi
'(informal, derogatory) adolescent'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of coda fricatives with compensatory lengthening:

玻鏡見
[tsʰy᷈ᵝːʃi̥]
htsûfshi
'(informal, derogatory) adolescent'

[Travis B.]

[yᵝː] > [i̯uᵝ], [y᷈ᵝː] > [ĩ̯ũᵝ]

玻鏡見
[tsʰĩ̯ũᵝʃi̥]
htsûfshi
'(informal, derogatory) adolescent'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of devoiced vowels with compensatory lengthening of the preceding syllable.

玻鏡見
[tsʰĩ̯ũᵝːʃ]
htsiúsh
'adolescent'

[Travis B.]

Final fricatives > [h]

玻鏡見
[tsʰĩ̯ũᵝːh]
htsiúsh
'adolescent'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Fortition of terminal [h] > [x]

玻鏡見
[tsʰĩ̯ũᵝːx]
htsiúc'h
'adolescent'

I'm amused by how this now-monosyllabic word is still three characters long.

[Man in Space]

Lowering of the nucleus of like-height diphthongs

玻鏡見
[tsʰĩ̯õᵝːx]
htsiúc’h
'adolescent'

[foxcatdog]

*x > *ç
玻鏡見
[tsʰĩ̯õᵝːç]
htsiúc’h
'adolescent'

New word soon?

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Nasalisation transfers to coda consonant:

玻鏡見
[tsʰĩ̯õᵝːɲ]
htsionh
'adolescent'

That's quite the change from:

玻鏡見
/sɥì.ʑó̞ᵝː.mì/ | [s̪ɥì.ɲʑó̞ᵝːˑ.mᶣì]
suijōmi
"narcissus, jonquil, daffodil"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

New word soon?

Sure, why not supply one now?

[foxcatdog]

New word soon?

Sure, why not supply one now?

Giving other people an oppurtunity to supply one

[Man in Space]

[gɾvɵ̌ʢgɐ]
grvóxga
'to weather, to wear down, to sand (s.th.) down'

[foxcatdog]

*g > *c

[cɾvɵ̌ʢcɐ]
crvóxca
'to weather, to wear down, to sand (s.th.) down'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of coda consonants with compensatory lengthening:

[cɾvɵ̌ːcɐ]
chrvócha
'to weather, to wear down, to sand (s.th.) down'

[foxcatdog]

*ɵ > *u

[cɾvǔːcɐ]
chrvócha
'to weather, to wear down, to sand (s.th.) down'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Vocalisation of syllabic rhotics to [ɐ]

[cɐ.vǔː.cɐ]
chavúcha
'to weather, to wear down, to sand (s.th.) down'

[Man in Space]

Vowel length affects rising tone by making it rising-falling, is lost in the process

[cɐ.vu᷈.cɐ]
chavúcha
'to weather, to wear down, to sand (s.th.) down'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Tone is lost entirely

[cɐ.vu.cɐ]
chavúcha
(v.) "age, decline with age"
(v.) (by extension) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (now literary) "weather, erode, wear down"