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

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/)
>
> Regards,
> Marius Iacomi

Interesting. That would mean the first was /E/ > /ã/ and just after this
was lost the /B/.
But a stressed /E/ has any chance to become /ã/ ? I guess it will remain
an /e/.

As una > o I am reluctant to accept this explanation since /una/ is
still alive but by myself I don't have an another explanation for "o"=
english "a"