Re: Just a Little Taste of Judean

Steg Belsky wrote:

> "manus" (mani, manorum)
> mani >> MAN
> manorum >> manorm (accented on the second syllable, R = velar retroflex
> approximant) >> MANO:M
You might want to watch out here:  the final <-m> in <manorum>
and <manum>, etc., was quite likely simply the orthographic indicator
for nasalization on the preceding vowel, IIRC.  So, you might actually
get [mano:~] there.   Ray, you're our local classicist; do you have a
comment on this? :)

> "puella" (puellae, puellarum)
> puellae >> /pwElaj/ >> pwela >> pfela >> PELA
> puellarum >> /pwEl'aRm/ >> pfela:m >> PELA:M
Ditto from the above -- [pEla:~].  Also, how do you reason the
change from [w] to [f]?  I realize they're both labial, but why would
it devoice like that?  For most cases of [pf] I've seen, if they change,
turn into fricatives, not stops.

Also, the normal change was [ai] --> [e:], IIRC... not that yours must
have that or anything. :)

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