Re: [tied] Re: Gypsies again

On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 08:27:40 -0500, Patrick Ryan
<proto-language@...> wrote:

>Now there certainly is a variation in Indo-Iranian between <a> and <Ø>, and
>we can justifiably call that Ablaut.
>
>And we certainly have <a:> as well as <a>.
>
>But why do you not show me an *o-grade in the perfect singular, for openers?

3sg. caká:ra. The /a:/ must come from /o/.

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