Re: TERMS: Umlaut-Ablaut

dirk elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...> comunu:

> Umlaut is a change in vocalism which is triggered by a vowel somewhere
> else, usually a suffix. Ablaut is a change in vocalism which is also the
> primary exponent of some morphological category.
So is the infixing system in Dublex an example of umlaut?

lun - moon
liun [moon+{opposite-infix}] - lunar eclipse
loun [moon+{abtraction-infix}] - satellite
laun [moon+{diminutive-infix}] - new moon
leun [from 'luun', moon+{augmentative-infix}] - full moon

Or just dissimilation?

(Relating infixes to the earlier discussion of gods, I realized that the
logical Dublex word for "God, Allah, Jehovah, YHWH -- the one god of a
monotheistic religion" is 'duev' [god+{augmentative-infix}].)

Best regards,

Jeffrey Henning
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