Re: Ce[i]n
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 31, 2001, 22:06 |
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On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 09:00:51PM +0000, kam@CARROT.CLARA.NET wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2001, daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...> wrote :
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> >> isce < Q hiise? < KHIS-? [There seems to be more than Welsh
> >> mutation here.]
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> > Well, I had big problems with _hiisie_. [h] -> 0, leaving _iisie_.
> > Then the vowels shortens -> _isie_. Then the vowels are supposed
> > to drop, but I didn't really know what to do with [ie].
>
> Well if you want to follow British > Welsh what happens is
> /-ie/ >> /-ije/ >> /-ID/ <-ydd>
Or one could drop the -ie altogether. It may seem odd to drop *both* vowels,
but I know it happened in some Spanish words, e.g. FACIE > haz.
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Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo
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