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

In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex_lycos" wrote:

>>> 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"
> >
> > It is not /una/ but the unstressed form (without article), "unã"
> > which is RPC and Aromanian, and evolved into "o" in Dacoromanian
>
> case closed? hai ca-i bunã:-)

It's about unstressed article "unã" (with unstressed final vowel)
not about "-unã". Being unstressed word in the phrase allowed it
to evolve further than ending "-unã". Case is really closed.

Marius Iacomi