Re: /Nkej/
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, July 22, 2001, 1:13 |
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Aidan Grey wrote:
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> I've said /N,kei/ for as long as I can remember.
> What really interests me about this phenomena is how
> the /o/ became a syllabic consonant
I don't think it was /o/ -> /N=/, I think what happened was it's a
merger of /m=:m_0'm=:/ (or however you'd transcribe it) and "okay" or
"'kay"
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