Hlou-Shum languages: Difference between revisions

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Proto-Hlou-Shum was head-initial like Vietnamese.
Proto-Hlou-Shum was head-initial like Vietnamese.
===Derivation===
===Derivation===
*-l- infix?
*{{angbr|l}} infix?
*s- prefix: nominalization, "metonymy", adjectivizer
*''s-'': nominalization, "metonymy", adjectivizer
**''*louʔ'' 'spring (season)' (Hlou ''Laub'') > ''*slouʔ'' 'temperate' (Hlou ''schlaub'', also possibly the ethnonym ''Schlaub'' via 'of the temperate lands')
**''louʔ'' 'spring (season)' (Hlou ''Laub'') > ''slouʔ'' 'temperate' (Hlou ''schlaub'', also possibly the ethnonym ''Schlaub'' via 'of the temperate lands')
*-ʔ?/tonal ablaut?: nominalization
*'''': nominalization
**''*lou'' 'to plant' (Hlou ''lau'') > ''*louʔ'' 'spring (season)' (Hlou ''Laub'')
**''lou'' 'to plant' (Hlou ''lau'') > ''louʔ'' 'spring (season)' (Hlou ''Laub'')


==Reflexes==
==Reflexes==
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