Page 98 of 137
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 10:27 pm
by foxcatdog
Oh boy we've gone from the most holy goddess of the race in question and also creator of said race to a demon.
Anyways *j > *z postvocalically
['na.zan.tsai]
nazansii
"sun dragon demonness"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 10:30 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
A vowel followed by a coda nasal becomes a nasalised long vowel that drags stress if the stressed syllable in the word is light:
[na'zãː.tsai]
nazántsai
"lindworm, evil dragon"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 10:49 pm
by foxcatdog
*ts > *t
[na'zãː.tai]
nazántai
"lindworm, evil dragon"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 7:57 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Diphthong smoothing:
[na'zãː.taː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 11:19 am
by linguistcat
Low nasal vowels raise before losing nasalization:
[na'zeː.taː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 12:25 pm
by Man in Space
Intervocalic stop loss
[na'zeː.aː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon; plumbing snake tool"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 12:28 pm
by Man in Space
foxcatdog wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 10:27 pm
Oh boy we've gone from the most holy goddess of the race in question and also creator of said race to a demon.
Not without precedent—look at the Hindu devas vs. the…whatever they are in Zoroastrianism.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 7:10 pm
by foxcatdog
Hiatus resolution
[na'zeː.jaː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon; plumbing snake tool"
True but i imagine this group is overtly heretical given that the goddess in question is real.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 8:15 pm
by Man in Space
Initial nasals are lost
[a'zeː.jaː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon; plumbing snake tool"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 10:01 pm
by foxcatdog
Final long vowels shorten
[a'zeː.ja]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon; plumbing snake tool"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 10:05 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Rhotacism:
[a'ʀeː.ja]
aréya
"plumbing snake tool"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 11:01 pm
by foxcatdog
*j > *dz
[a'ʀeː.dza]
aréya
"plumbing snake tool"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 9:23 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[eː] > [ia]
[a'ʀia.dza]
ariadza
"plumbing snake tool; anything long and sinuous"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 5:19 pm
by Travis B.
[i] before a vowel coalesces with preceding uvulars turning them into velars.
[a'ɣa.dza]
ariadza
"plumbing snake tool; anything long and sinuous"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 5:57 pm
by Man in Space
Intervocalic velar fricatives coalesce with the vowels
['a:.dza]
ariadza
"plumbing snake tool; anything long and sinuous"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 6:04 pm
by foxcatdog
*dz . *d
['a:.da]
aada
"plumbing snake tool; anything long and sinuous"
Also new word from the colloquial register of the lower classes this time.
['pɔ.ʃi]
pośi
“dog”
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 6:35 pm
by Man in Space
Fronting of back vowels before coronals
['pœ.ʃi]
pośi
“dog”
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 9:38 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Unstressed [i] > [ɘ] after coronals and sibilants.
['pœ.ʃɘ]
pöşy
“dog”
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 10:37 pm
by Travis B.
Disproportionation of rounded front vowels to unrounded front-rounded back diphthongs
['pɛɔ.ʃɘ]
pöşy
“dog”
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 10:46 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of unstressed [ɘ] with compensatory lengthening:
['pɛːɔ̯ʃ]
pöşy
“dog”