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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 3:13 pm
by Travis B.
rẹkx
[ˈqχɛcçiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’
Affrication of palatal stops.
naus
[ˈnaβuh]
‘endonym’
w > β
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 10:04 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
rẹkx
[ˈkxɛcçiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’
fronting of dorsals before front vowels.
naus
[ˈnaβux]
‘endonym’
[h] > [x]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2026 5:27 am
by foxcatdog
rẹkx
[ˈxɛçiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’
Deaffrication
naus
[ˈjɔβux]
‘endonym’
*na > *jɔ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2026 9:55 am
by Travis B.
foxcatdog wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2026 5:27 am
*na > *jɔ
As an unconditioned change I have to say "wut??!".
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2026 11:14 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
hehis
[ˈxɛxis]
‘conspicuous consumption’
depalatalization.
yovuc
[ˈɥɔβux]
‘endonym’
rounding of semivowels before round vowels.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2026 12:10 pm
by Travis B.
hehis
[ˈkɛxis]
‘conspicuous consumption’
Hardening of initial [x].
yovuc
[ˈwɔβux]
‘endonym’
[ɥ] > [w]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2026 1:32 pm
by Man in Space
hehis
[kɛɛs]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Resolution of *Exi sequences
yovuc
[wɔux]
‘endonym’
Dissimilation
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2026 10:46 pm
by foxcatdog
hehis
[kiɛa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
*ɛɛs > *iɛa
yovuc
[fɔux]
‘archaic term for the progenitors of the modern city state’
*w > > *f #_
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2026 9:59 am
by Travis B.
hehis
[ˈkiːʝa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
iɛa > iːʝa
yovuc
[pʰɔux]
‘archaic term for the progenitors of the modern city state’
f > pʰ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2026 9:52 pm
by foxcatdog
kiija/b]
[ˈɬiːʝa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
*k > *ɬ before front vowels
fox
[pʰɔukʰ]
‘archaic term for the progenitors of the modern city state’
*x > *kʰ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2026 8:39 am
by Travis B.
kiija
[ˈɕiːʝa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
ɬ > ɕ
fox
[pʰɑukʰ]
‘archaic term for the progenitors of the modern city state’
ɔu > ɑu
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2026 3:03 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
kiija
[ˈɕiːʒa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
ʝ > ʒ
fox
[pfɑukx]
‘archaic term for the progenitors of the modern city state’
aspiration > affrication
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2026 5:01 pm
by Travis B.
kiija
[ˈɕiːdʒa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
ʒ > dʒ
fox
[pfɑuʔkx]
‘archaic term for the progenitors of the modern city state’
Coda plosives gain preglottalization.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2026 9:19 pm
by Man in Space
kiija
[ˈjiːdʒa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Lenition of initial prevocalic fricatives
fox
[pfəuʔkx]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
Partial diphthongal height assimilation
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2026 9:27 pm
by Travis B.
kiija
[ˈjiːtʃa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Devoicing of voiced sibilants
fox
[ɸəuʔkx]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
pf > ɸ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2026 9:51 pm
by Man in Space
kiija
[ˈjiːtʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Loss of short vowels in open syllables following a long vowel
fox
[ɸəuʔx]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
*-kx > -x
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 4:00 am
by foxcatdog
kiija
[ˈjœitʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
*i: breaks
fox
[ɸəuʔh]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
*ʔx > *ʔh
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 6:44 am
by þeprussianfrog
kiija
[ˈjœiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
*fricatisation of tʃ
fox
[əuʔh]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
*ɸ is dropped
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 2:02 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
kiija
[ˈjɨʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
œi > ɨ
fox
[əuħ]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
ʔh > ħ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 10:00 pm
by foxcatdog
kiija
[ˈjuʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
ɨ > *u
fox
[jo:ħ]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
əu > jo: #_