Re: [tied] Re: Balkan Serpents (was: alb. gji (breast))

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Balkan Serpents (was: alb. gji (breast))
>
> First of all, <vi:téllu-> and <vi:télla-> both have long /i:/ and
> penultimate stress (the second syllable is heavy). Hence:
>
> vi:tellu > vitEllu > vitiellu > vit,el (the glide coalesces with the
> consonant, palatalising it);
>
> vi:tella > vitElla > vitiella > vit,ealã > vit,ea (loss of
> intervocalic /l/ with vowel contraction)
>
> Piotr

I have to buy an another dictionary. No problem, next week it should be
an anohter here. In my dictionary there is _no_ short /i/ in vitelus, no
one in vita too.
Alex