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>I don't understand your graphic conventions.
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>1. mat > meH1
>Does it mean t > H1 ?
Yes, before a consonant, or when stressed at the end of the
word (e.g. the instrumental ending *-ét (= Hitt. -it) >
*-éh1). The root "measure" is *met- and *meh1-.
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I restate to be sure :
You think H1 and t are the same ?
Arnaud
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>2. Is <:> long meaning ?
Yes. Are you familiar with IPA?
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Your reconstructions are so massively
absurd and anti-phonological
I thought <:> stood for something else
than length
Arnaud
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>It's anti-phonological to suppose that
>unstressed vowels can be long
>while stressed are short.
No it isn't. Unstressed vowels can be long and stressed
vowels can be short.
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Which language on earth displays :
- short stressed vowels
- long unstressed vowels.
It's the acme of absurdity.
Arnaud
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>English meaning: moon
>Georgian: tve (Old Georg. twite-, ttwe-)
>Megrel: tuta-
>Svan: dos^d-ul, dos^t?-ul
>Laz: (m)tuta-
Neither Starostin nor Klimov (PKartv. *tute-) make any
attempt to explain the Old Georgian Anlaut tt-, which was
obviously simplified in the other forms. The Kartvelian
data point to Proto-Kartvelian *(m)ttúte-, which squares
very well with pre-PIE **mátnut-. Both forms can easily be
derived from a proto-form **matnút- "moon, month".
Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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The root is obviously *tu
with a various set of affixes including m in one language
and e ari t elsewhere.
Easily is not the word I would choose.
I disagree that H1 can be t.
and next KArtvelian does not erase consonants
and allows heavy clusters
the borrowing of meHno:t
should be retained as mxnot
Your idea looks impossible.
Which Kartvelian expert supports your idea ?
Arnaud
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