Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
> There remains the case of <cioar�> : <sorr�>, which either shows that
> the substitution was variable (BRom. *a or *o for PAlb. *O:), or
> perhaps owes its rounded vowel to the labialising influence of PAlb.
> *c^[W] < *c'W. Cf. Romanian -oara = Hung. -v�r.
>
> Piotr
you got me be very curious now. Apparently this time you have ol' good O�am
have his dreams making a complicated thing from an easy one. You wonder what
a sound is to expect from an long "a:". And I will say, for Rom. phonetic, I
will expect an "a" or an "&". I am not quite sure I got what you mean here
with "-oara" versus Hung. "-var". Since the hyphon is before "-oara/-var" I
assume we have to deal with the last part of an word. And here is -so far I
can guess- a simply coincidence since Hung "-var" is still "city" in
Nagyfehervar for instance, but Rom. "-oar�" is a suffix. A diminutival one;
"Or�shtioara" = the little Orashtie.
Alex