Re: Betreft: Re: k(w)->p

Ed Heil wrote:
> > An example of the other way round (p>k_w) is in Iroquoian
> > Languages (they lack bilabial stops & nasals):
> > penny -> k_we:ni   etc.
>
> I hereby withdraw my comment that I found k(w)->p bizarre.  Rob has
> just provided an example that completely eclipses its weirdness.
Seems pretty logical if /p/ does not exist.  What's really interesting,
IMO, is forms like

Christmas -> kalikimaka (Hawai'ian) where /s/ becomes /k/.  Of course,
neither /s/ nor /t/ exists in Hawai'ian.

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