Re[2]: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] Anser (was: swallow vs. ni

At 12:45:10 AM on Tuesday, November 27, 2007, fournet.arnaud
wrote:

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>> I have written that Chinese was oxytonic (stressed on
>> last vowel) and that this caused a major syllabic
>> "crunch" in this language.

>> Now, if you look at pages 607/608 of the above reference,
>> pleng : flat surface => Cf. PIE pel(H2)

Actually 'flat surface/plank'.

>> pling : full => Cf. PIE pel(H1/w)

Actually 'full/fill', with allofam *bliN.

>> pral : forehead => cf. PIE per(H2)

Correction: *pral is glossed 'cold/dry season'; 'forehead'
is *d-pral.

>> prut : boil => Cf. PIE bherew-
>> pwa(:)r : fire => Cf. PIE puH2ar

Actually 'fire/burn/shine/white'.

Brian