Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

Jake X wrote:

>['kr\Istaf r\oUt}:
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>>Not two syllables: two morae.
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>Since when did Japanese become Latin?
>I didn't think Japanese had a plural in -ae,
>or a plural suffix at all for that matter.
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>Jake
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mo·ra
n. pl. mo·rae  or mo·ras

    The minimal unit of metrical time in quantitative verse, equal to
    the short syllable.

[Latin, pause.]

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

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