Hi, Anna,
I'll try to help you but I need a little
time. Here are some basic facts just in case. Hope I'm not insulting you by
giving them. If you've got it all at your fingertips, it may still be of use to
other interested Cybalist members.
The "RUKI" rule consists in the retraction
(palatalisation or retroflexion) of *s and *z, i.e. the voiced allophone of *s,
after etymological *r, *k and *u, *i (short and long, also occurring as final
elements of diphthongs). In Old Indic the RUKIed *s changes into [s.] (a
retroflex fricative), causing also the retroflexion of any following t, d,
n:
*ek^wo-isu 'horse-Loc.pl.' > *as'wais.u
> Skt. as'ves.u
*snus-a: 'daughter-in-law' > Skt.
snus.a:
*do:-tr-su 'giver-Loc.pl.' > Skt.
da:tRs.u (R = syllabic r)
*dweis-ti 'hate-3sg.' > *dwais.t.i >
Skt. dves.t.i
RUKIed *z is eventually lost, causing the
compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel and the assimilatory
retroflection of any following coronal, e.g.
*nisdo- [nizdo-] > *niz.d.a- > Skt.
ni:d.a
The place-of-articulation contrasts in
sibilants were generally eliminated in Middle Indic, and are lost in most of
Indo-Aryan.
In Iranian, RUKIed *s, *z > *s^, *z^.
Adjacent coronals are not affected.
*misdHo- [mizdHo-] 'wages' > Avestan
miz^da- (cf. Skt. mi:d.Ha-).
Later developments are rather complex, but
distinct reflexes of *s^, *z^ generally survive in Iranian.
Piotr
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Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 11:06 PM
Subject: [tied] RUKI-rule in Indo-Iranian
Hello,
I am interested in the manifestations of the
RUKI-rule in Indo-Iranian.
Could anyone help me with locating any
literature on the subject?
Thanks in advance!
Anna Shparberg