On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:47:09 +0100, R A Brown
<ray@...> wrote:
>Jeffrey Jones wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:13:11 -0500, Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Jeffrey Jones wrote:
>[snip]
>>>>2. ?
>>>
>>>Duo seems obvious, unless syllables need to start with a consonant.
>>
>> I'm afraid they do. The question is which. |q| [G] might work, but so far
I've
>> restricted it to foreign words.
>
>Latin _bini, binae, bina_ could give you _bino_.
I never thought of that -- Thanks!
>>
>>>>3. sano ?
>>>
>>>If you're considering "sano" (from Chinese/Japanese "san"?) how about
>>>Japanese "mitsu"?
>>
>> I thought about that, but it would have to be a cluster, since there's no ts)
>> affricate.
>
>Swahili _tatu_ is easily modified to _tato_.
True; another decision to make.
Jeff
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