>Oh, no, please go with the alternating version! It's much more fun. Both
>can be considered equally naturalistic and have natlang correlates, but I
>much prefer the alternations between syllabic and non-syllabic sonorants.
I might as well have fun! Thanks very much for the Russian example. It
makes me feel confident that I am doing something naturalistic.
>For even more fun, you can apply the same thing to high vowels. I.e., have
>a word like /uma/, which when prefixed with /emi/ becomes [e.miw.ma],
>rather than [e.mi.u.ma]. For kicks, throw some high dissimilation in
>there, so that /emi + uma/ is actually [e.mew.ma]. Whee!
I'll have to see what I can do with your recommendations.
What would you recommend when making the verb <mta> into a pres. act. part.
by suffixing -eis. There are too many vowels together in /mta-eis/. One
or more of them's got to go. (BTW, the <ei> is a diphthong.) Maybe
<mtais> would be reasonable?
Isidora