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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 2:40 pm
by þeprussianfrog
hjaċivaje
[ça.ɬi.ˈβa:.je]
'Ankylosaurus magniventris'
lengthening of the stressed vowel
svałif
[ˈsva.ɬɪf]
“humanoid, human-like”
w -> v
sijvle
[ɕiʝˈlvʲɛ]
‘(of lines) to go up’
v ʎ -> l vʲ metathesis
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu May 07, 2026 9:17 pm
by foxcatdog
hjaċivaje
[ça.ɬi.ˈβoa.je]
'Ankylosaurus magniventris'
a: > *oa
svałif
[ˈsva.sɪf]
“humanoid, human-like”
*ɬ > *s
sijvle
[ɕi:ˈlvʲɛ]
‘(of lines) to go up’
*iʝ > *i:
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 2:28 pm
by þeprussianfrog
hjaċivaje
[ça.ɬi.ˈβoa.j]
'Ankylosaurus magniventris'
final e drops
vasif
[ˈva.sɪf]
“ape, hominid”
initial s drops
sijvle
[ɕi:ˈvʲɛ]
‘to be vertical’
l drops before v
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 4:13 pm
by Travis B.
hjaċivaje
[ça.ɬi.ˈβoa.ji]
'Ankylosaurus magniventris'
Vowel inserted after final semivowels.
vasif
[ˈfa.sɪf]
“ape, hominid”
Initial devoicing.
sijvle
[ɕi:ˈvijɛ]
‘to be vertical’
Palatalization ejects a full vowel followed by a glide.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 5:52 pm
by þeprussianfrog
hjaċivaje
[ça.ɬi.ˈβoai]
'Ankylosaurus magniventris'
j vanishes, final i merges into the triphthong.
vasif
[ˈfa.zɪf]
“ape, hominid”
Voicing of intervocalic s to z.
sijvle
[ɕeyˈvijɛ]
‘to be vertical’
Long i becomes a dipthong ey.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri May 08, 2026 8:05 pm
by Man in Space
hjaċivaje
[çalˈβoai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’
[+syll +hi] > Ø / [+cont] _ [+cont] [+syll +stress] (with phonetic assimilation)
vasif
[ˈfasf]
‘ape, hominid’
[+syll +hi -stress] > Ø / _(C)#
sijvle
[ɕœyˈvijɛ]
‘to be vertical’
Roundness assimilation
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 12:51 am
by foxcatdog
hjaċivaje
[ˈçlβoai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’
Pretonic vowels lost
vasif
[ˈfaso:]
‘ape, hominid’
Final *f > *o: after a consonant
sijvle
[ɕœyˈvjai]
‘to be vertical’
*ijɛ > *jai
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 8:39 am
by þeprussianfrog
hjluai
[ˈçluai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’
βo -> u
vasif
[ˈfasua]
‘ape, hominid’
long o to ua
sijvle
[ɕœyˈvjɛ]
‘to be vertical’
monophthongization of ai to ɛ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 10:00 am
by Travis B.
hjluai
[ˈçluβai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’
uai > uβai
vasif
[ˈfasuβa]
‘ape, hominid’
ua > uβa
sijvle
[ɕœyˈvjɑ]
‘to be vertical’
jɛ > jɑ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 2:49 pm
by foxcatdog
hjluai
[ˈhʎ̥u.βai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’
çl > *hʎ̥
vasif
[ˈho.su.o]
‘ape, hominid’
Labial + *a to Weak/Lost Consonant + *o
sijvle
[ɕœyˈjɑ]
‘to be vertical’
Intervocalic voiced fricatives lost
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 3:14 pm
by þeprussianfrog
hjluai
[ˈʎ̥u.βai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’
vasif
[ˈo.su.o]
‘ape, hominid’
h disappears
sijvle
[ɕœyæ]
‘to be vertical’
jɑ -> æ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 3:16 pm
by foxcatdog
lhoumi
[ˈʎ̥u.mai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’
*β > *m
vasif
[ˈo.hu.o]
‘ape, hominid’
*s > *h
sijvle
[œyæ]
‘to be vertical’
jɑ -> æ
*ɕ lost
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 3:18 pm
by foxcatdog
New word
*pukasi
[puˈka.si]
“breast”
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 3:25 pm
by þeprussianfrog
pugazi
[puˈga.zi]
“breast”
Intervocalic voicing
lhoumi
[ˈʎ̥u.mia]
‘ankylosaurid’
ai -> ia
owo
[ouo]
‘monkey’
h disappears
oeoe
[œ̄]
‘to erect’
monophthongization of the triphthong into long œ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 3:35 pm
by þeprussianfrog
new word
cĭrĕr̥kwōllōs
[ɕi˨.rɛ˨ɹ.kʷɔ˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 3:48 pm
by foxcatdog
xirelfollos
[ɕi˨.rɛ˨ɹ.fɔ˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'
*kʷ > *f
*pugazi
[puˈza.gi]
"breast"
Velar+Non-Stop Alveolar sequences metathesise
lhoumi
[ˈʎ̥i.mia]
‘ankylosaurid’
*u > *i in contact with a labial + front vowel
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 4:05 pm
by þeprussianfrog
xirelwollos
[ɕi˨.rɛ˨ɹ.wɔ˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'
intervocalic voicing
puzadzi
[puˈza.dzi]
"breast"
g -> dz before front vowels
ļiimia
[ˈʎ̥i:.mia]
‘ankylosaurid’
stressed vowel lengthens
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 5:41 pm
by Travis B.
Okay, you two, cut it out with deleting segments here there and everywhere and repeatedly proposing new words.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 5:44 pm
by Travis B.
I propose two new rules:
1. Only delete segments when they can be phonologically or phonetically justified (e.g. no ɕ > 0 without a Very Good Reason).
2. Only one new word gets to be proposed by anyone per month.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 09, 2026 5:47 pm
by Travis B.
xirelwollos
[tɕi˨.rɛ˨ɹ.wɔ˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'
Initial ɕ > tɕ
puzadzi
[puˈza.dʑi]
"breast"
dz > dʑ before front vowels
ļiimia
[ˈʎ̥aj.mia]
‘ankylosaurid’
i: > aj