Re: TANGENT: Animals

Forgot to mention: in three-syllable words the first vowel is often dropp=
ed=20
(with resulting palatization/labialization of initial consonant), leaving=
=20
Georgian-like clusters.  This is most true of rapid speech, and the moder=
n=20
langauge is beginning to reflect this in orthography, which tends to be v=
ery=20
conservative in Tech.

So...

>`ap'aro     wild boar
Uh, this is an exception.  Syncope does not occur in laryngeal-initial=20
words.

>`iri        ass (male or colt)
>bo=E7a        young deer
>buk'a       bovine(s), cattle
>bukegho     billygoat, ram
b=BAkegho (where =BA marks labialization)

>buyl'a      marten, ermine, sable
>=E7oma        aurochs, buffalo
>=E7awra       bull, calf
>diq'a       goat
>eli         deer, ram
>gadi        kid, young goat
>ghawi       wild game (esp. goat/sheep)
>gurha       antelope (esp. male)
>k=E4tt'a      wild goat
>k'unarra    marten, polecat
k'=BAnarra

>ma=F1go       monkey
>orru        gazelle, deer
>p'ok'=FC      cattle (herd)
>siwi=F1ge     leopard
s=B4wi=F1ge (=B4 marks palatization)

>tl'ibugha   hyena
tl=B4'bugha (a sequence of palatized tl' followed by bu)

>uraba       squirrel (or small rodent)
>=FCrrawi      lion, tiger (or large cat)
Again, no syncope of words beginning with glottal stop or any other=20
laryngeal.

Danny

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