Re: YACL: Thylean (alternate-history)

On Mon, 6 Nov 2000 21:00:50 -0500, Oskar Gudlaugsson <hr_oskar@...>
wrote:

>>> CL iam 'already' > Th iam 'now'
>
>Or rather,
>
>Th ia 'now'
>   iadro 'by now/already' (from CL iamdudum; dissimilation of latter 'd' +
>                           syncope deletion of middle 'u')
>
Darn. Stupid mistake. How can syncope delete a stressed vowel? Ok, it
should be like this:

iaduro 'by now/already' (CL iamdudum 'by long, long by now', by
                        /d/ > /r/ dissimilation)