[tied] FW: Re: Latin viridian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 02:10:19 +0000, "Wordingham, Richard"
> <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
>
> >It took quite a while to sort out the ordering of the rules, and

I'm still

> >not happy that I get $epte, not $apte, from septem 'seven'.
>
> The s->$/_!iV rule comes before the iea > ia and ea > e..e# rules,

and

> you need a special rule (also before ea > e..e#) that e after

palatal

> sound is not pronounced (ceapã = /c^ap&/, sãgeatã = /s&dZat&/,

$eapte

> = /$apte/). So sEpte > siepte > sieapte > $eapte > $apte.
>
> Simplified for $:
>
> s/$/_!iV
> i//$!_V
> e//$!_V
> ea/e/!(i)_(CCCC).e#
> iea/ia/!_
> ea/a/P!_

Thanks. Parsimony suggests that I should also include e//z!_V to
include the sequence

tErra > tiera > tieara > t,arã

in Rule 9 at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/18147.
Or do you include /T/ and /z/ in the palatals?

Richard.