Re: [tied] 'coke' in Polish?

From: Petusek
Message: 39104
Date: 2005-07-08

Piotr:
>You need a feminine in -ka to show the effect, as no
masculine or neuter
>ending causes this kind of palatalisation. The k
--> c (and g --> dz)
>replacement is 100% productive, i.e.
absolutely obligatory in all such
>feminines, native or borrowed, all and
recent alike, even in foreign
>proper names and acronyms treated as
feminines, cf. Osaka (Japan) :
>Osace, YMCA [imka] : Ymce, Ortega
(Spanish surname) : Ortedze.
Yes, that's right - just like in Czech (unlike in Slovak!): k --> c and {g and h (<g*)} --> z: Osaka: Osace (Slovan Osake), [imka] : Ymce (Slovak Ymke), Riga (Latvia) --> Rize (Slovak Rige), mlha (="fog") --> mlze
 
Pet'usek