Word evolution game

[Travis B.]

[z] > [ɾ] by the influence of the following [ɾ]

[ˈɾiɛbɛ.mɾæʊ]
rébe-mrá
"cat"

[foxcatdog]

*b > *p

[ˈɾiɛpɛ.mɾæʊ]
rébe-mrá
"cat"

[Man in Space]

*p…m > p…p

[ˈɾiɛpɛ.pɾæʊ]
rébe-mrá
"cat"

[foxcatdog]

Posttonic stressed syllables lost

[ˈɾiɛp.pɾæʊ]
rieprau
"cat, female dog"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[æʊ] > [øʏ]

[ˈɾiɛp.pɾøʏ]
rieppreou
"cat; (dialectal) teacup-sized dog"

[Travis B.]

Aspiration of initial, stressed, and geminate voiceless stops.

[ˈɾiɛp.pʰɾøʏ]
rieppreou
"cat; (dialectal) teacup-sized dog"

[foxcatdog]

Degemination

[ˈɾiɛ.pʰɾøʏ]
rieppreou
"cat; (dialectal) teacup-sized dog"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Diphthong smoothing:

[ˈɾiː.pʰɾøː]
rieppreou
"cat; (dialectal) teacup-sized dog"

[Man in Space]

Guttural r

[ˈʀiː.pʰʀøː]
rieppreou
"cat; (dialectal) teacup-sized dog"

[foxcatdog]

Final vowel shortening

[ˈʀiː.pʰʀø]
rieppreou
"cat, female dog"

[WeepingElf]

'Teacup-sized dog'? WTF? I have seen some quite small dogs, but never one that small. Or do you have teacups big enough to put a chihuahua in?

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ʀ] > [ç] before high front vowels, > [x] elsewhere after consonants

[ˈçiː.pʰxø]
hriephreu
"(of small domestic animals) female; (literary or dialectal) cat; (dialectal) female dog"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

'Teacup-sized dog'? WTF? I have seen some quite small dogs, but never one that small. Or do you have teacups big enough to put a chihuahua in?

It usually denotes one size smaller than "toy".

[WeepingElf]

'Teacup-sized dog'? WTF? I have seen some quite small dogs, but never one that small. Or do you have teacups big enough to put a chihuahua in?

It usually denotes one size smaller than "toy".

I understand.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

It is a little odd, though.

[WeepingElf]

Well, chihuahua whelps are certainly quite small, though I don't know whether they fit into an average-sized tea cup

[foxcatdog]

Rouding harmony

[ˈçyː.pʰxø]
hriephreu
"(of small domestic animals) female; (literary or dialectal) cat; (dialectal) female dog"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Consonant assimilation:
[ˈçyː.p͡ɸʰø]
hriewphrew
"(of children, small domestic animals) female (when used of adults, disparaging or infantilising)"

[foxcatdog]

Final vowel loss
[ˈçyː.p͡ɸʰ]
hriewphrew
"(of children, small domestic animals) female (when used of adults, disparaging or infantilising)"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Disaffrication, also a modest spelling reform, mostly deleting silent letters, based on conventions already long in use informally:

[ˈçyːɸ]
híwf
"(of children, small domestic animals) female (when used of adults, disparaging or infantilising)"