Re: [tied] Pronoun

On Sun, 18 May 2003 16:51:53 +0200, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...>
wrote:

>>2)which a "-lla" should be in "zi+ua" or in "stea+ua"?.
>
>The article (-(i)llam). In the case of <stella> also the ending of
>the word itself.
>
>capra > caprã
>capram illam > caprã-wa > caprãa > capra
>
>This is the normal development: -wa becomes -a, -ãa > -a.
>
>diem > zi
>diem illam > zi-wa = ziua (but also: zi-le)
>
>After a vowel other than -ã, -wa can remain unchanged, as in this
>case.
>
>stellam > steawã > (Arom.) steao, (DRom.) stea
>
>The normal development of -wã- is -o- (Aromanaian steawã > steao).
>But in final position, Daco-Romanian has -wã > -ã (stea-wã > steaã)
>and -aã > -a.
>
>stellam illam > steawã-wa > steao-a > steaua
>
>Here we have regular -wã- > -o, and regular -wa > -a everywhere,
>giving stea-o-a > steaua, as expected.

The development -ll- > -w- only applies to word final -lla.
Elsewhere, ll > l (pelle > piele "skin", caballu > cal "horse"),
except before i (Latin i:) where we get *l^ > y (e.g. galli:na >
gãl^inã > gãyinã = gãinã).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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