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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:41 pm
by Travis B.
Unstressed intervocalic [n] elides, leaving the preceding vowel nasalized.

[əl'bɔ̃ːʊ̃.ə]
halbóuna
"to anoint"

[əl'bɔ̃ːʊ̃.ə.koʊ]
halbóunakou
"anointed"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 11:33 pm
by foxcatdog
*oʊ > *oy

[əl'bɔ̃ːʊ̃.ə]
halbóuna
"to anoint"

[əl'bɔ̃ːʊ̃.ə.koy]
halbóunakou
"anointed"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2022 12:01 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Fortition of post-nasal-vowel [ə] > [n]

[əl'bɔ̃ːʊ̃n]
halbóun
"to anoint"

[əl'bɔ̃ːʊ̃n.koy]
halbóunkou
"anointed"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2022 3:22 am
by foxcatdog
*ə > *i

[il'bɔ̃ːʊ̃n]
ilbóun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'bɔ̃ːʊ̃n.koy]
ilbóunkou
"anointed"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2022 10:41 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[oy] > [ei]

[il'bɔ̃ːʊ̃n]
ilbóun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'bɔ̃ːʊ̃n.kei]
ilbóunkou
"anointed"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2022 12:07 pm
by Man in Space
I really like the semantic drift in the first one.

Stops become nasals before nasal vowels:

[il'mɔ̃ːʊ̃n]
ilbóun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'mɔ̃ːʊ̃n.kei]
ilbóunkou
"anointed"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2022 12:49 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Long vowels break in terminal syllables, but shorten medially. Orthographic forms attempt to be both phonetic and historical:

[il'mʏ̃ɛ̃ʊ̃n]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'mɔ̃ʊ̃n.kei]
hilmbounkei
"anointed"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2022 8:31 pm
by foxcatdog
*k > *s before front vowels

[il'mʏ̃ɛ̃ʊ̃n]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'mɔ̃ʊ̃n.sei]
hilmbounkei
"anointed"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2022 9:42 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of preconsonantal nasals:

[il'mʏ̃ɛ̃ʊ̃n]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'mɔ̃ʊ̃.sei]
hilmbounkei
"anointed"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:00 am
by Zju
Triphthong roundness harmony:

[il'mʏ̃œ̃ʏ̃n]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'mɔ̃ʊ̃.sei]
hilmbounkei
"greasy; sweaty"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 8:10 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of terminal [n].

[il'mʏ̃œ̃ʏ̃]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'mɔ̃ʊ̃.sei]
hilmbounkei
"greasy; sweaty"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 7:17 pm
by foxcatdog
*l lost laxing consonants

[ɪ'mʏ̃œ̃ʏ̃]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[ɪ'mɔ̃ʊ̃.sei]
hilmbounkei
"greasy; sweaty"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 8:24 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Front rounded vowels deround

[ɪ'mɪ̃ɛ̃ɪ̃]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[ɪ'mɔ̃ʊ̃.sei]
hilmbounkei
"greasy; sweaty"
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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 12:41 am
by Zju
Nasalisation spreads

[ɪ̃'mɪ̃ɛ̃ɪ̃]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[ɪ̃'mɔ̃ʊ̃.sei]
hilmbounkei
"greasy; sweaty"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:29 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Stress shifts to the last heaviest syllable:

[ɪ̃'mɪ̃ɛ̃ɪ̃]
inmiein
"scar, mark; (now somewhat old-fashioned) tattoo, artistic marking on the body"

[ɪ̃.mɔ̃ʊ̃'sei]
inmounsei
"(of grass) dewy; (of air) foggy; (obsolete or dialectal) greasy, sweaty"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:25 am
by Travis B.
Vowel nasalization is lost, but stressed nasalized vowel have nasalization ejected as a nasal semivowel, which replaces any final offglide.

[ɪ'mɪɛw̃]
inmiein
"scar, mark; (now somewhat old-fashioned) tattoo, artistic marking on the body"

[ɪ.mɔʊ'sei]
inmounsei
"(of grass) dewy; (of air) foggy; (obsolete or dialectal) greasy, sweaty"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:31 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Reduction of unstressed vowels and diphthongs

[ɨ'mɪɛw̃]
inmiein
"scar, mark; (now somewhat old-fashioned) tattoo, artistic marking on the body"

[ɨ.mɵ'sei]
inmounsei
"(of grass) dewy; (of air) foggy; (obsolete or dialectal) greasy, sweaty"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 2:45 pm
by Zju
lenition

[ɨ'mɪɛw̃]
inmiein
"scar, mark; (now somewhat old-fashioned) tattoo, artistic marking on the body"

[ɨ.mɵ'zei]
inmounsei
"(of grass) dewy; (of air) foggy; (obsolete or dialectal) greasy, sweaty"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:51 pm
by Man in Space
Vowel lowering in checked syllables (including diphthongs)

[ɨ'mɪæw̃]
inmiein
"scar, mark; (now somewhat old-fashioned) tattoo, artistic marking on the body"

[ɨ.mɵ'zæi]
inmounsei
"(of drinks, containers, or surfaces) featuring condensation; (of windows or glass) frosted over; (of grass) dewy; (of air) foggy"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 5:03 pm
by Travis B.
[æi] > [ai]

[ɨ'mɪæw̃]
inmiein
"scar, mark; (now somewhat old-fashioned) tattoo, artistic marking on the body"

[ɨ.mɵ'zai]
inmounsei
"(of drinks, containers, or surfaces) featuring condensation; (of windows or glass) frosted over; (of grass) dewy; (of air) foggy"