Re: Lith. Z^em. obuolas 'apple' (was: Slavic compound words)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Sergejus Tarasovas"
<s.tarasovas@...> wrote:

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "whetex_lewx" <whetex_lewx@...>
> wrote:
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> > Have dialectologists registered this word in LKZ^ with ending -

as?

>
> AFAIK it's Z^emaitian, but that's not a problem -- Z^emaitian

words

> are declinable, and Z^emaitian has deleted only short unstressed
> endings, while other endings are up and kicking, being either
> shortened (historically long unstressed) or left intact as to the
> length (historically stressed). So if a dialectologist hears:
>
> N.sg. ûobouls
> G.sg. ûoboula
> D.sg. ûoboulô.u
> N.pl. ûoboulã
>
> etc., he immediately identifies it with the standard language's
>
> N.sg. óbuolas
> G.sg. óbuolo
> D.sg. óbuolui
> N.pl. obuolai~
>
> and puts it in the LKZ^ as <óbuolas> (3a).

Very strange. I haven't heard about this óbuolas. Maybe you would be
able to quote dictionary?

>
> On the other hand, if he hears:
>
> N.sg. ûoboulis ([i] can be reduced)
> G.sg. ûoboule. ([e.] can be reduced)
> D.sg. ûoboul'ô.u
> N.pl. ûoboulê
>
> etc., he immediately identifies it with the standard language's
>
> N.sg. óbuolis
> G.sg. óbuolio
> D.sg. óbuoliui
> N.pl. obuoliai~
>
> and puts it in the LKZ^ as <óbuolis> (1).

this is my variant