Re: Gweinic Description: Phonology and Roots (Corrections)

"Anthony M. Miles" wrote:
> labhn- 'Create' is properly only used if one is making something out
> of nothing.
As in divine creation?  Kassí theologians have coined a word _gliglí_
meaning "to create out of nothing", from reduplication of _glí_, "to
create, make".  Reduplication is not normally a productive process, in
fact, by Classic Watakassí, it was practically extinct.
> I am not sure whether a syllable containing a syllabic consonant is
> open or closed.
I'd call it open if there's no non-syllabic consonant following it, like
the last syllable of the English "battle" or "water" in those dialects
that use a syllabic r.

> hiyik-go
> hiyak-leap
> huyuk-crawl
> heiek-flow
Hmm, reminds me of the Semitic triconsonantal roots.  Is that where you
go the idea?

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