Re: Romlang problem in Terkunan
| From: | John Vertical <johnvertical@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, August 8, 2007, 9:47 |
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>But maybe -ez plural after -l and -r? Hmm. But why? To avoid
>epenthetic -t-? Thinking of it, this may be one reason why I don't
>like -ls, actually, because it immediately becomes -lts. Three
>consonants in coda are usually (but not always) avoided. OTOH, -rs is
>not so prone to insertion of -t-, but -ns- is. And I don't like -ns
>so much either!
>**Henrik
I don't think anyone suggested this yet: If s > ts before sonorants, and 3C
codas are to be avoided, couldn't you just have some elision next and drop
the /l/?
il - itz
arbul - arbutz
sol - sotz
and possibly, if you feel like doing this to /n r/ too:
mar - matz
vent - vetz
John Vertical