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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 5:09 pm
by Travis B.
ghiijuk
[ʔɪˈjuʔk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Insertion of glottal stops before initial vowels.
hoqxak
[ˈqχɑʔk]
‘predecessors‘ in general (in ancestry, technology, evolution, etc.)
Insertion of glottal stops before initial vowels.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 5:46 pm
by Man in Space
ghiijuk
[ˈʔjuʔk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Loss of pretonic front vowels before a palatal phone
hoqxak
[ˈqχɑʔ]
‘predecessors‘ in general (in ancestry, technology, evolution, etc.)
Loss of final consonants
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 6:39 pm
by Travis B.
ghiijuk
[ˈʔjǔʔk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Rising tone before glottalized codas
hoqxak
[ˈqχɑ̌ʔ]
‘predecessors‘ in general (in ancestry, technology, evolution, etc.)
Rising tone before glottalized codas
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:15 pm
by foxcatdog
I messed up.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:38 pm
by Man in Space
You’ve staved the wrong post.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 11:52 pm
by foxcatdog
yuk2
[ˈjǔk]
‘spending all your money on drugs’
Glottal stops lost
hoqxak
[ˈqχɑ̌:]
‘origin'
Glottal stops lost lenghtening the previous vowel
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 11:56 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
It seems like the other words have run their course, so here's a new one:
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ṅaṣétrsni
[ŋæ̈ˈʂeɾ̥sni]
‘(of a person) to move upward, ascend’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 4:37 pm
by Man in Space
ṅaṣétrsni
[ŋeˈʂeɾ̥sni]
‘(of a person) to move upward, ascend’
Assimilation of unstressed pretonic vowels
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 5:05 pm
by Travis B.
ṅaṣétrsni
[ŋeˈʂeʈʂni]
‘(of a person) to move upward, ascend’
ɾ̥s > ʈʂ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 6:53 pm
by þeprussianfrog
ŋeşeçni
[ŋeˈʂɪ̆ʈʂnɪ̆]
‘(of a flying animal, vehicle, etc.) to take off’
weakening of unstressed vowels:
e/i -> ɪ̆
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 7:19 pm
by foxcatdog
ŋesitrne
[geˈʂɪ̆ʈʂnɪ̆]
‘(of people) to have haters’
*ŋ > *g
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 7:26 pm
by Man in Space
ŋesitrne
[ʐeˈʂɪ̆ʈʂnɪ̆]
‘(of a flying animal, vehicle, &c.) to take off; (of people) to have haters’
Velars become retroflex fricatives when a retroflex occurs in the next syllable
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 8:17 pm
by Travis B.
ŋesitrne
[ʑeˈʂɪ̆ʈʂnɪ̆]
‘(of a flying animal, vehicle, &c.) to take off; (of people) to have haters’
Retroflexes become alveolopalatals before [e] and [i]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 8:32 pm
by Man in Space
ŋesitrne
[ˈʑeʂɪ̆ʈʂnɪ̆]
‘(of a flying animal, vehicle, &c.) to take off; (of people) to have haters’
Progression of stress to nonshort vowels
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 9:10 pm
by Travis B.
ŋesitrne
[ˈɟeʂɪ̆ʈʂnɪ̆]
‘(of a flying animal, vehicle, &c.) to take off; (of people) to have haters’
ʑ > ɟ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 9:28 pm
by Man in Space
ŋesitrne
[ˈɟeʂɪ̆ʈʂn]
‘(of a flying animal, vehicle, &c.) to take off; (of people) to have haters’
Final yers lost
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri May 01, 2026 1:50 am
by foxcatdog
ŋesitrne
[ˈɟeʂɪ̆ʈʂã]
‘(of a flying animal, vehicle, &c.) to take off; (of people) to have haters’
Final *n > *ã
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri May 01, 2026 11:05 am
by Man in Space
ŋesitrne
[ˈɟɪ̯æʂɪ̆ʈʂã]
‘(of a flying animal, vehicle, &c.) to take off; (of people) to have haters’
*e > ɪ̯æ / _(C)(C)ɪ̆
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri May 01, 2026 11:42 am
by Travis B.
ŋesitrne
[ˈɟe̯ɑʂɪ̆ʈʂã]
‘(of a flying animal, vehicle, &c.) to take off; (of people) to have haters’
ɪ̯æ > e̯ɑ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri May 01, 2026 11:48 am
by Man in Space
ŋesitrne
[ˈɟe̯ɑsɪ̆tsã]
‘(of a flying animal, vehicle, &c.) to take off; (of people) to have haters’
Deretroflexion