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Occasionally a reduplicated term may carry both of these meanings. For example, ''*kekél'' may have the plural meaning 'islands,' or the collective 'land, all the islands, great island, continent.' | Occasionally a reduplicated term may carry both of these meanings. For example, ''*kekél'' may have the plural meaning 'islands,' or the collective 'land, all the islands, great island, continent.' | ||
== Development == | |||
=== To Proto-Central Dynic === | |||
Diphthongs ending in a palatal glide become long monophthongs, some merging with original ''*ē'', whilst others becoming a new, perhaps more closed version, such as {{IPA-all|ɛː|}}, written ''*ē₂''. | |||
* ''*ē'' → ''*ē₁''; e.g. ''*sêl'' ('sea') → ''*sê₁l'' | |||
* ''*ei'' → ''*ē₁''; e.g. ''*iteídə'' ('I ate it') → ''*itě₁d'' | |||
* ''*əi'' → ''*ē₂''; e.g. ''*-dəiarusu'' (''{{interlinear|PFV}} suffix'') → ''*-dē₂arusu'' | |||
* ''*ai'' → ''*ē₂''; e.g. ''*daŋʷáidə'' ('I ate it') → ''*daŋʷê₂d'' | |||
== Lexicon == | == Lexicon == | ||