Re: Terkunan > Trekunan?

Hi!

Tristan McLeay writes:
>...
>> trigger a problem:
>>
>>     'serve     > ?se'reve        'to serve'
>
> I'm not entirely sure what the problem is here; I'm assuming it's
> because the epenthetic vowel is stressed. I'm also assuming stress
> falls on the last closed syllable. In that case, it might be perceived
> as a quick chainshift:
>
>    VrC -> rVC   (methatesis)
>    SrV -> SVrV  (epenethesis)
>
> where "S" is any consonant C for which Cr clusters are prohibited. In
> this case, there's no problem.
Of course!  *bangs head on table*

Thanks!

I will probably go for Benct's proposal, to make it an epenthetic -t-,
but still.  (Epenthetic -t- is already used in other cases, so it fits
in nicely.)

>...
>    vir+(i)tat -> viritat
>    sul+(a)mentu -> sulamentu
>...
Probably, yes.

**Henrik