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*ħ > h; *gt, kt, ᴋt, ħt > kht | *ħ > h; *gt, kt, ᴋt, ħt > kht | ||
*dt, tt > st | *dt, tt > st | ||
*-ø (mainly from | *-ø (mainly from ACub ''-ā'') becomes silent and lengthens the vowel before it | ||
*ACub ā ō ū > OCub ó ú í | *ACub ā ō ū > OCub ó ú í | ||
*OCub ó ú í > Modern Cub. aɤ i: əi | *OCub ó ú í > Modern Cub. aɤ i: əi | ||
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(capital η is И) | (capital η is И) | ||
Ancient Cubrite /l/ became /w/ in some places, especially before C. | |||
====Mutations==== | ====Mutations==== | ||
Words can undergo initial voicing mutation. | Words can undergo initial voicing mutation. | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
{{PAGENAME}} has lost the verbal inflections and triconsonantal morphology of | {{PAGENAME}} has lost the verbal inflections and triconsonantal morphology of Ancient Cubrite. | ||
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*Equative: ''de-'' = as X as; equally X; X enough (from BH די ''day'' 'enough') | *Equative: ''de-'' = as X as; equally X; X enough (from BH די ''day'' 'enough') | ||
*Excessive: ''ro-'' = too (inherited from Ancient Cubrite, which borrowed it from Celtic) | *Excessive: ''ro-'' = too (inherited from Ancient Cubrite, which borrowed it from Celtic) | ||
*Comparative/Superlative: ''-ðr'' = more X or most X; comparandum takes פראָדﬞ ''proð'' 'than' (from | *Comparative/Superlative: ''-ðr'' = more X or most X; comparandum takes פראָדﬞ ''proð'' 'than' (from Ancient Cubrite בראותי את ''*bi-rVʔōtī ʔet'' 'when I see ACC') | ||
Example: קרוא ''kkrú'' 'big', דגרוא ''degrú'' 'as big as'; ראָגרוא ''rogrú'' 'too big', קרואדﬞר ''kkrúðør'' 'bigger/biggest' | Example: קרוא ''kkrú'' 'big', דגרוא ''degrú'' 'as big as'; ראָגרוא ''rogrú'' 'too big', קרואדﬞר ''kkrúðør'' 'bigger/biggest' | ||
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=====Cautionary future===== | =====Cautionary future===== | ||
The auxiliary for the cautionary future comes from the | The auxiliary for the cautionary future comes from the Ancient Cubrite verb ''*zāmam'' 'to scheme'. It's used to: | ||
* warn the listener of a future event or contingency: | * warn the listener of a future event or contingency: | ||
** '''''Zum''' sąraz tha lovu fu kol ngeth.'' = 'The storm might come here any moment.' | ** '''''Zum''' sąraz tha lovu fu kol ngeth.'' = 'The storm might come here any moment.' | ||
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===Faulty accusative=== | ===Faulty accusative=== | ||
{{PAGENAME}} has the faulty accusative particle ''ða'' (from | {{PAGENAME}} has the faulty accusative particle ''ða'' or ''ð' '' (from Ancient Cubrite ''ʔet ha-''). It is not used for all direct objects, but only for constituents that are separated from their heads. ''Đa'' must also be used before the verbal noun when using an auxiliary: היֶטבר הי דﬞאַ ליתפﬞוס טאָגר ''Hettvø hi ða litfus togø.'' = She was good at catching fish. | ||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
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Canaanite has the following vocabulary layers: | Canaanite has the following vocabulary layers: | ||
# Most of the common words are inherited from | # Most of the common words are inherited from Ancient Cubrite, however they often show drastic semantic drift or compounding. Example: ''sngúd'' 'a lot' comes from סעודה 'feast'. | ||
# Celtic substrates | # Celtic substrates | ||
# Ancient Greek, Old Togarmite and Aramaic loans | # Ancient Greek, Old Togarmite and Aramaic loans | ||