From: alex_lycos
Message: 18251
Date: 2003-01-28
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...> wrote:Richard, thank you for your point. Since I dont want to bore the list
>> Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>>> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:18:43 +0100, alex_lycos <altamix@...>
>>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Miguel, just one question more please. Which is the phonetically
>> explanation of Romanian "verde" = green in this case?
>> We have for "varza" = Latin "vir(i)dia"
>> We have for "verde" = Latin "vir(i)dis"
>>
>> Why once "e" and once "a" , why once "d" and once "z" ?
>>
>> Many, many thanks in advance
>
> If you created green.lex with the two Latin words (minus the
> braketed 'i'), and remember to have an end of line after last word,
> and ran:
>
> sounds -p green romanian
>
> you would see the answer. Effectively, the final /a/ makes all the
> difference. It does it by yodicising the last /i/ and then breaking
> what was the first /i/, which is then smoothed by the initial /v/
>
> Richard