Re: Montreiano Month and Day names

Nik Taylor wrote:
> > > Flís ([flis])
> >
> > Does it regularly derive from Aprilis?
>
> Yep.  Unstressed short /a/ became /@/, which, depending on environment,
> either was lost or became /a/.  Thus, Aprilis -> Àflisis -> Àflís ->
> Flís (à = /@/)
Correction.  April would be Tlís ([Kis]).  Sequences of voiceless stops
and l/r became _tl_, and of voiced stops and l/r became _dl_, thus:

Aprilis -> Àtlilis -> Àtlís -> Tlís (note: intervocalic non-geminate l/r
was lost when not followed by a stressed vowel).

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