From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 35271
Date: 2004-12-03
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, g <st-george@...> wrote:
> > how long would the different stress *horá* last in Romanian? I'm
> > looking for
> > answers like 'not long'or 'indefinitely'.
> >
> > Richard.
>
> Do you mean the last syllable stressed [ho-'ra] in Romanian? If so,
> then the answer is: impossible.
>
> (A 2nd syllable stressed is possible only in <horea> [ho-'rea],
i.e.
> the indicative præterit the 3rd person singular, "(el/ea) horea",
of
> the verb "a horí", but which actually means "to sing" (certain type
of
> songs), and not "to dance" (and, as such, it is quite limited to
> certain regions of Romania, esp. in the N-W, where the diphtong
[ea] is
> actually replaced by the vowel [æ] that's not extant in standard
> Romanian and in Southern subdialects).
>
> George