Re: [tied]tall as an palm ( it was Re: cardinal points)

On Sun, 11 May 2003 17:04:44 +0000, m_iacomi <m_iacomi@...>
wrote:

> In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 11 May 2003 17:18:36 +0200, alex_lycos <altamix@...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Even with the loosing of the intervocalic "b" I don'T see how
>>> to get an /o/ in Rom. from /ui/
>>> cubitus > cuitus > cuitu > ?
>>
>> /kúbitu/ > /kúBetu/ > /kúãtu/ > /kút/, I guess.
>
> I presume you wanted to write /kúãtu/ > /kwãtu/ (stress falling
>on /ã/) > /kotu/ (with usual reduction of /wã/ > /o/ as in /unã/ >
>/uã/ > /wã/ > /uo/ > /o/).
>

I didn't want to write that (because I had Alb. kut stuck in my mind),
but yes, that's what I should have wanted to write.


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