[tied] Re: * -er > -ër

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen <jer@...>
wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:
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> > The same presumably goes for
> > > dhëndër, def. dhëndri, although I do not understand the funny
> > plural
> > > dhëndúrë. Also, since dërdëlít is accented on the suffix, I see
> > > nothing unusual about the reduced vowels of its first part. I'm
> > sure
> > > you are right about the dissimilation.
> > >
> > > Jens
> > ************
> > Isn't it the impact of analogy, like: <dorë> 'hand', but plural
> > duer/duar, also dialectal variant du:r or like <derë> 'door', but
> > plural <dyer>, dialectal variant dy:r.
>
> You have lost me here: How can dhëndër, dhëndúrë be parallel with

dorë,

> duar?
>
> Jens

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Indeed, I am afraid that dhëndu:rë is just a standard form of plural.
Much oldest form it seems to be <dhënduer>. The contraction of the
diphthong /ue/ yields long u: (see above duer/duar < dour, besides
du:r).
I am afraid that you have right that here we have to deal with dual
marker or I am lost here too.

Konushevci