gweðes (was: Re: Workshops Review from Yitzik the Snakie)

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 20:30:50 -0600 Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
writes:
> Robert B Wilson wrote:
> > 5       peunag  ["pain.ag]
> > 6       swekas  ["s_wEk.as]
> > 10      dekam           ["dEk.am]
>
> Do you mean that these words are syllabified as peun-ag, swek-as and
> dek-am?  If so, that's rather odd.  Intervocalic consonants are
> almost
> always syllabified with the following vowel.  English is unusual in
> that
> (at least some dialects) will syllabify IV consonants with the
> preceding
> vowel is stressed.
well, they are from earlier "peung", "sweks", and "dekm" and i thought it
would be more likely that they would be syllabified this way.  dekm >
de.kam just seems weird to me for some reason.

> > nes pehter ðeskáim en
> > [nEs "pEit_h.Er\ "DEs.ka:im En]
>
> Interesting.  {eh} marks [Ei]?  What are the rules for aspiration?
h is [h] when initial after a vowel, it changes that vowel:
a [a] ah [aE]
e [E] eh [Ei]
i [i] ih [i:]
o [o] oh [oU]
u [u] uh [ui]

Robert Wilson
http://kuvazokad.free.fr/
Yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen.
Yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.