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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