Re: Ce[i]n
| From: | andrew <hobbit@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 3, 2001, 6:54 |
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Am 05/29 16:58 daniel andreasson yscrifef:
> > galf < Q ?? [Q qualme? < KWAL-?]
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> Yes, from _qualme_. I thought _qualme_ 'painful death' would be
> more appropriate in this case than _faire_ 'natural death'.
>
> [kw] -> [k], [m] -> [v] when adjacent to a liquid or nasal. The
> final vowel drops.
>
I should point out that in Brithenig, [k] derived from [kw] does not
palatalize. But then Kein would not have been so interesting. :)
- andrew.
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