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Genitive case: * | Genitive case: from *=mī (sg), *=miś (pl) | ||
* lē̃ti > däät·ə 'man' | * lē̃ti > däät·ə 'man' | ||
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** r- → Ø | ** r- → Ø | ||
** ľ- → r- | ** ľ- → r- | ||
lē̃ti=mī > lē̃timi (final longs shorten) -> däät·əmə | |||
lē̃tā=miś > däät·uoms > däät·uus | |||
if a lot of words shaped like tVCC- or wVCC- become homophones then that might be dealt with through compounding and univerbation | if a lot of words shaped like tVCC- or wVCC- become homophones then that might be dealt with through compounding and univerbation | ||
Revision as of 02:43, 22 July 2022
Nouns
Genitive case: from *=mī (sg), *=miś (pl)
- lē̃ti > däät·ə 'man'
- t > t· due to strong gradation environment
- ē̃ > ää (creaky voice becomes RTR)
- chain shift l- > d- > z-
- r- → Ø
- ľ- → r-
lē̃ti=mī > lē̃timi (final longs shorten) -> däät·əmə
lē̃tā=miś > däät·uoms > däät·uus
if a lot of words shaped like tVCC- or wVCC- become homophones then that might be dealt with through compounding and univerbation
Todo: Get cases
Pronouns
Rank pronouns to knock out person markers from the verb
Verbs
Syntax
Fairly topic prominent