There are many different orthographies to deal with.
I will mark long vowels with double (aa) and front
with : (a:). One sound using two letters will be
within []. High tone ', low tone `, mid unmarked.
PE Finnish
m/x saavun (<saapu-ka-n)
[th]/tx saavut
t/0 saapuu
me` saavumme (<-me me, loss of final e)
te` saavutte
n saapuvat
Hungarian
Indefinate Definate
tudok(<tudo-x-ka) tudom (<tudo-ya-m)
tuds (<tudo-tx-ka)tudod (<tudo-ya-[th])
tud tudya (<tudo-ya-t)
tudunk tudyuk
tudtok tudyaatok
tudnak tudyaak
Proto-Uralic had -ka- to mark present, switched in
Hungarian to after person/number.
swe`-[th]e'r "sister (own)"
swa`-fa'r-s PIE, sis-ko F, te[sh]tveer H (metathesis)
swe`-bo`[nj] "son (own)"
swa`-ba`[nj]-s PIE, poi-ka F, fiuu H (met), bin PS
[dh]ug-xata`r "daughter"
[dh]ug-xata`r PIE, tu:ta:r (<thu:tta:r) F
xwol[kp]o' "howl, wolf"
xwal[kw]a'-s PIE, ulvo- (howl) F, u:vo:l-t (to howl,
roar) H (met)
Metathesis in H occurs before change of labiovelar to
velar after l, etc. (F pilwe, H felho:o: (with final
long e rounded by labiovelar, velar>x>h in H),
"cloud").
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