Re: [tied] Labiovelars

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 18258
Date: 2003-01-28

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:33:56 -0000, "P&G" <petegray@...>
wrote:

>> I wonder somewhat about the status of the labiovelars.
>> Was there really in IE an opposition between the labiovelars kw, gw
>> and ghw and the sequenses ku gu and ghu (with ayllabic u)
>
>I know of differences between kW and k'w, eg "horse": latin equs = Skt
>asvas shows that the original was k'w not kW. Likewise the k'wo(n) dog
>word. I'll have to hunt to see if there are any involving
>non-palatal -ku-.

Two examples: kuatH- "to ferment", kuap- "smoke, vapour".

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