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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:11 pm
by Man in Space
Intervocalic *v lost before back vowels

[cɐ.u.cɐ]
chavúcha
(v.) "age, decline with age"
(v.) (by extension) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now literary) "weather, erode, wear down"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:35 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[c] > [ʃ]

[ʃɐ.u.ʃɐ]
chaucha
(v.) "age, decline with age"
(v.) (by extension) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now literary) "weather, erode, wear down"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:42 pm
by Man in Space
Terminal reduced vowels > i

[ʃɐ.u.ʃi]
chaucha
(v.) "age, decline with age"
(v.) (now ironic) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (literary) "weather, erode, wear down"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:29 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[au] collapses to [oː]

[ʃoːʃi]
shôshi
(v.) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now common as an extension of the above sense) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) (slang) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch"
(v.) (old-fashioned) "age, decline with age"
(v.) (literary) "weather, erode, wear down"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:49 pm
by foxcatdog
*ʃ fortites initially
[tʃoːʃi]
shôshi
(v.) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now common as an extension of the above sense) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) (slang) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch"
(v.) (old-fashioned) "age, decline with age"
(v.) (literary) "weather, erode, wear down"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 2:29 am
by Man in Space
Ubykhization

[tʃʷəːʃɨ]
shôshi
(v.) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now a self-demonstrating example) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) (slang) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch"
(v.) (pejorative) "age, decline with age"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:53 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Vowel assimilation:

[tʃʷɨːʃɨ]
shôshi
(v.) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now a self-demonstrating example) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) (slang) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch"
(v.) (pejorative) "age, decline with age"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 11:54 am
by Travis B.
Vowel assimilation to consonants.

[tʃʷyːʃɨ]
shôshi
(v.) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now a self-demonstrating example) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) (slang) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch"
(v.) (pejorative) "age, decline with age"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 2:10 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Alveopalatals become full palatals (with labialisation assimilating) before front vowels, retroflexes elsewhere

[cɕᶣyːʂɨ]
chûszi

(v.) (pejorative) "die"
(v.) (now dated) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad"
(v.) (now dated) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (now dated) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch
(v.) (now dated) (pejorative) "age, decline with age"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:16 pm
by foxcatdog
*ʂ voices between vowels

[cɕᶣyːʐɨ]
chûszi

(v.) (pejorative) "die"
(v.) (now dated) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad"
(v.) (now dated) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (now dated) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch
(v.) (now dated) (pejorative) "age, decline with age"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:21 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Rhotacism:

[cɕᶣyːɻɨ]
chûszi

(v.) (pejorative) "die"
(v.) (pejorative) "kill, off"
(v.) (pejorative) (of bombs) "explode, go off"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:35 pm
by Travis B.
Backing of rhotics.

[cɕᶣyːʁɨ]
chûri

(v.) (pejorative) "die"
(v.) (pejorative) "kill, off"
(v.) (pejorative) (of bombs) "explode, go off"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:39 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[yː] > [ɥiː]

[cɕᶣɥiːʁɨ]
chûri

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 3:12 am
by foxcatdog
*ɥ fortites

[cɕᶣçiːʁɨ]
chûri

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:16 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Cluster simplification [cɕᶣç] > [cçᶣ]

[cçᶣiːʁɨ]
cuîri

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:15 pm
by Man in Space
*iː > ɘɐ̯ / %ɨ (also correcting the modifier because /cç/ is about as palatal as you can go)

[cçʷɘɐ̯ʁɨ]
cuîri

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:29 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Labialisation resolves onto the following vowels:

[cçɵɔ̯.ʁɨ]
kieory

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:47 pm
by Travis B.
[cç] > [tɕ]

[tɕɵɔ̯.ʁɨ]
kieory

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 6:34 pm
by Man in Space
ʁ > ʢ

[tɕɵɔ̯.ʢɨ]
kieory

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:26 pm
by foxcatdog
[tɕɵɔ̯.ʢɨ]
kieory

Is somewhat of a change from

[gɾvɵ̌ʢgɐ]
grvóxga


Anyways
[tsɯ̟̊ᵝkɯ̟ᵝjomi]
tsukuyomi
つくよみ