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Genitive case: *-mī (sg), *-mīś (pl)
Genitive case: *-mī (sg), *-mīś (pl)


* lē̃ti > dä­ät·i 'man'
* lē̃ti > dä­ät·ə 'man'
** t > t· due to strong gradation environment
** t > t· due to strong gradation environment
** ē̃ > ää (creaky voice becomes RTR)
** ē̃ > ää (creaky voice becomes RTR)

Revision as of 02:27, 22 July 2022

Initial consonant clusters get an epenthetic vowel e-

Nouns

Genitive case: *-mī (sg), *-mīś (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-

if a lot of words shaped like tVCC- or wVCC- become homophones then that might be dealt with through compounding and univerbation

Pronouns

Rank pronouns to knock out person markers from the verb

Verbs