Word evolution game

[foxcatdog]

Stress becomes fixed on the first syllable and its tone spreads to the whole word

[ˈdàcỳ]
dawkí

‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

[Travis B.]

[y] > [iw]

As tone is now the same across the whole word, it is no longer marked.

[ˈdaciw]
dawkí

‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

[Man in Space]

Loss of unstressed vowels with syllabification of resonants

[ˈdacu]
dawkí

‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

[Travis B.]

[c] > [kj], [ɟ] > [ɡj]

[ˈdakju]
dawkí

‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

[foxcatdog]

Voiced stops become nasals

[ˈnakju]
dawkí

‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

Also new word

[ˈjæw.ræ]
jäwrä
"lake"

[Lērisama]

Another round of unstresses vowel deletion, this time with repair via matathesis

[ˈnajk]
dawkí
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’


(Should we maybe finish the last word before we start a new one? I'm going to do it because I'm not familiar with the mores of the game, but it feels a bit weird to me)

Stressed vowels diphthongise

[ˈje̯ɑw.ræ]
jäwrä
‘lake’

[Man in Space]

Final obstruent loss

[ˈnaj]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

*wC > CC

[ˈje̯ɑr.ræ]
jäwrä
‘lake’

[Travis B.]

Schwa-epenthesis after final consonants.

[ˈnajə]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

Breaking of stressed diphthongs.

[ˈjejɑr.ræ]
jäwrä
‘lake’

[Man in Space]

*n…j > j…j

[ˈjajə]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

*rr > dr

[ˈjejɑd.ræ]
jäwrä
‘lake’

[Lērisama]

Vowels front between palatals

[ˈjɛjə]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

Syncope of post-stress vowels

[ˈjejd.ræ]
jäwrä
‘lake, pool’

[Man in Space]

Initial fortition

[ˈcɛjə]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

*jej- > iz-

[ˈiz.dræ]
jäwrä
‘lake, pool’