Re: Dropping Q and C (was: Some isolating verb patterns)
| From: | caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 13:13 |
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--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Philip Newton <philip.newton@g...>
wrote:
>Hmm? It's the usual spelling before front vowels, which includes
>native words such as "ken" or "kick". Though it's true that I can't
>think of that many words offhand that start in ke- or ki- as opposed
>to, say, ca-.
A quick glance through the AHD shows me 30 English words that begin
with ke- and 33 that begin with ki-. I tried to eliminate obviously
foreign borrowings like "kiwi." I wasn't sure if I should include
kerb/curb or not. :-)>
Charlie
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