Re: weekly vocab

From: "Joe" <joe@...>
> From: "Elliott Lash" <AL260@...>
> > taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...> writes:
> > <snip>
> >
> > > > pattern: kuo
> > >
> > > For some reason that soundshape makes me think of a dog... due to 'Cujo'
> > > maybe? Still pretty.
> >
> > that's weird, the Silindion word for dog is "koa" with an instrumental
> "kuo"
>
> And the PIE word for dog is k_won which is suspiciously similar.
Actually it's k'uon--with palatal <k'> and semivowel <w>, not just simple
labiovelar <k_w>.

[And that quite threw me off the first time, but I guess it wouldn't be so weird
if we didnt use 'k' and 'g' for three whole PIE series of stops... 'cwon'
anyone?]

    *Muke!
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