[tied] Re: Labiovelar in Latin

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

>> we can't take this "g'iu" for granted.
>> Where on earth is this form in use? (Even
>> if it is, it must be a rara avis.)
>
> It is no rara avis. It is used even for the expresion of "to
> reborn" = to be alive again ( ing'iere=înviere).

Where exactly have you encountered this voicing?!

> in the aromanian seems more pronounced this aspect.
> Some rules for understanding aromanian:

[...]

> (i) dit bitisita-a zboarãlor, cari yini dupã dauã icã ma multi
> consoani, simpli i compusi, icã consoana complexã x, sh
>
> I guess it is easealy to observe even in Aromanian here "cari
> yini"= DacoRomanian "care vine" pronounced as expected "cari
> g'ine". but the two ways to write here should be edificative.

False. The Aromanian letter "y" transcribes a voiced [h], not
existing in other Romanian dialects. It's by all means the result
of Greek influence post Common Romanian phase: no substrate there.

Cheers,
Marius Iacomi