Re: CONLANG Digest - 2 Nov 2000 to 3 Nov 2000 (#2000-301)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 5, 2000, 1:08 |
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Muke Tever wrote:
> long, strong, wrong, and (obs.) mong
> --> stronger /stSrANgr=/ "more strong"
> --> wronger /rANr=/ "more wrong, one who wrongs"
> --> longer /lANgr=/ "more long"
> --> longer /lANr=/ "one who longs"
> --> monger /mVNgr=/ "one who trafficks"
The last of which now only exists in compounds, e.g., "warmonger",
"fishmonger", "rumormonger".
Anyhoo, to be fair to Jesse, that is a good generalization, a fairly
reliable way of knowing whether {ng} is /N/ or /Ng/, just a few minor
changes need to be made, like that comparative and superlative suffixes
cause the /g/ to surface, with "monger" being an exception. It's not
perfect, but it's a pretty reliable system.
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