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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 10:15 am
by Travis B.
tcheuqê
[ˈtɕjɵcːɛ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Gemination after stressed short vowels.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 10:27 am
by Man in Space
tcheuqê
[ˈtjɵcːɛ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Palatal fricatives lost before /j/

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 10:46 am
by Travis B.
tcheuqê
[ˈtjɵcːçɛ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

cː > cːç

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 11:09 am
by Man in Space
tcheuqê
[ˈtjɵcːi]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

*çE > i / _#

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 1:19 pm
by Travis B.
tcheuqê
[ˈtjɵkːji]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

[+palatal -semivowel] > [-palatal -semivowel]j

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 3:31 pm
by Man in Space
tcheuqê
[ˈtjɵksji]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

*kː > ks

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 3:40 pm
by Travis B.
tcheuqê
[ˈtiwoksji]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

jɵ > iwo

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 5:53 pm
by Man in Space
tcheuqê
[ˈtiwoksi]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

*j > Ø / C_E

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 7:24 pm
by foxcatdog
tcheuqê
[ˈtiboksi]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

*w > *b

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 12:32 pm
by Travis B.
tcheuqê
[ˈtiboʔksi]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Coda voiceless plosives after short vowels are preglottalized.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 1:22 pm
by Man in Space
tcheuqê
[ˈtiɓoksi]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

ZVʔ > [+implosive]V / _#

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 7:01 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
tcheuqê
[ˈtiɓoski]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

metathesis of plosive-fricative clusters.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 7:05 pm
by Man in Space
tcheuqê
[ˈtiɓɤski]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Roundness harmony

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 7:15 pm
by Travis B.
tcheuqê
[ˈtsiɓɤʃci]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Palatalization/assibilation before [i].

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 7:46 pm
by Man in Space
tcheuqê
[ˈtsiɓɤʃʔi]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

*c > ʔ

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 4:37 am
by foxcatdog
tcheuqê
[ˈtsiɓɤtʃ'i]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

*ʃʔ > *tʃ'

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 8:43 am
by Travis B.
tcheuqê
[ˈtsʰiɓɤtʃ'i]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Aspiration of non-glottalized voiceless plosives.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 3:07 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
tcheuqê
[ˈtʃʰiɓɤtʃ'i]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

palatalization of alveolars before .

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 5:28 pm
by Travis B.
tcheuqê
[ˈtʃʰiɓĕŏ̯tʃ'i]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

ɤ > ĕŏ̯

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2026 7:36 pm
by Man in Space
thiƀæůdti
[ˈtʃʰiɓæo̯̞tʃʼi]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Diphthongal height differentiation