Word evolution game

foxcatdog · Post by **foxcatdog** » Mon May 15, 2023 8:42 pm

Vowel breaking

[ˈjed.de]
ílne
"will o' the wisp, marsh-light; firework(s); impossible dream, wild fantasy"

foxcatdog · Post by **foxcatdog** » Mon May 15, 2023 8:46 pm

New word or two

[ˈi.na.xi ˈap.pi:.β̃a]
inaki appiima
"little white dog"

Man in Space · Post by **Man in Space** » Wed May 17, 2023 12:31 am

Final vowels lost

[ˈi.nax ˈap.pi:β̃]
inaki appiima
"little white dog; garment worn about the hands"

Travis B. · Post by **Travis B.** » Wed May 17, 2023 12:36 pm

Final consonants coalesce with preceding vowels.

[ˈi.nɑ ˈap.pĩː]
inaki appiima
"annoying yappy dog; garment worn about the hands"

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Wed May 17, 2023 5:48 pm

Nasalisation transferred to preceding consonants

[ˈi.nɑ ˈam.miː]
inah-ammí
"annoying yappy dog; garment worn about the hands"

Man in Space · Post by **Man in Space** » Wed May 17, 2023 6:14 pm

Sandhi processes

[i.ˈnam.miː]
inah-ammí
"annoying yappy dog; garment worn about the hands"

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Wed May 17, 2023 6:26 pm

Umlaut:

[i.ˈnɛm.miː]
inah-ammí
"annoying yappy dog; garment worn about the hands"

foxcatdog · Post by **foxcatdog** » Wed May 17, 2023 6:34 pm

Diphthongisation of long *i:

[i.ˈnɛm.mai]
inah-ammí
"annoying yappy dog; garment worn about the hands"

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Wed May 17, 2023 6:37 pm

[ai] > [ɛi]

[i.ˈnɛm.mɛi]
inah-ammí
"annoying yappy dog; garment worn about the hands"

Man in Space · Post by **Man in Space** » Wed May 17, 2023 7:03 pm

Frication of initial high vowels

[ˈznɛm.mɛi]
inah-ammí
"annoying yappy dog; garment worn about the hands"

foxcatdog · Post by **foxcatdog** » Wed May 17, 2023 7:23 pm

Degemination

[ˈznɛ.mɛi]
inah-ammí
"mittens"

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Wed May 17, 2023 7:41 pm

Epinthesis of following vowel to break up clusters:

[ˈzɛnɛ.mɛi]
zynah-ammí
"mittens"

foxcatdog · Post by **foxcatdog** » Wed May 17, 2023 9:13 pm

*n > *l im between vowels

[ˈzɛlɛ.mɛi]
zelemei
"mittens"

Travis B. · Post by **Travis B.** » Wed May 17, 2023 10:44 pm

[l] > [w] intervocalically and postvocalically

[ˈzɛwɛ.mɛi]
zelemei
"stereotypical name for a cat"

foxcatdog · Post by **foxcatdog** » Wed May 17, 2023 11:02 pm

*w > *b

[ˈzɛbɛ.mɛi]
zelemei
"stereotypical name for a cat"

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Thu May 18, 2023 7:48 am

Vowels lengthen in open, stressed syllables:

[ˈzɛːbɛ.mɛi]
zébemei
"cat"

Travis B. · Post by **Travis B.** » Thu May 18, 2023 11:13 am

[ɛː] > [iɛ]

[ˈziɛbɛ.mɛi]
zébemei
"cat"

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Thu May 18, 2023 11:32 am

The final syllable is altered by association with an onomatopoeia for a cat noise

[ˈziɛbɛ.mɾæʊ]
zébe-mrá
"cat"

foxcatdog · Post by **foxcatdog** » Thu May 18, 2023 4:52 pm

I think we should get a new word.

Travis B. · Post by **Travis B.** » Thu May 18, 2023 5:01 pm

foxcatdog wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 4:52 pm I think we should get a new word.

We've got a perfectly good word as it is! We can get a new word when we've reduced the word to one phone.

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