On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 18:39:14 -0500 Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> writes:
> Dirk Elzinga wrote:
> > lage 'bare' [lake]
> > lake 'thin gruel' [lak:e]
> > lakke 'to the ceiling' [lak::e]
> > sage 'frequent' [sake]
> > saage 'get.2p.impf' [sa:ke]
> > saage 'saws.part.pl' [sa::ke]
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Of course some natlang had to have pre-empted Rokbeigalmki's
accent-lengthened and tilde-lengthened vowels!
HET = [hEt] = '(sense of) smell'
HÉT = [hE:t] = 'smell (of)' (construct form of "het")
HE~T = [hE::t] = 'nostril'
-Stephen (Steg)
"3andii su?aal"