Re: Synthesis of many topics

dirk elzinga wrote:
> Here's a partial Uto-Aztecan cognate set for *tama 'tooth':
> Nahuatl      tlan-
Interesting.  But, how did the Nahuatl get that way?  Did the /m/ become
/w/, and then was lost?  And where did the /l/ come from?

> The Shoshoni word shows lenition of intervocalic /m/ to [w~].
Fascinating.

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