Re: long, flat, full

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
> > > ==========
> > > My point of view about PIE *l is that this "surface"
> > > correspondence covers more than one proto-phoneme.
> > > When PIE *l corresponds with PAA *l as in *pel = full = Arabic
> > > Hafil = Touareg balal,
> > > the expected correspondence in ST should be yod.
>
> Why?
> ============
> Because there are plenty of examples of that correspondence.
> And these two words "full" and "flat" are two instances.
> Arnaud
> =============

And the other instances with ST yod are (just cite a few)?

> > > For that matter, these ST roots are highly dubious.
> > > Arnaud
> > ==========
> > You can find the real cognates in Starostin :
> OK, so Matisoff is dubious because Starostin isn't?
> ==========
> If you read my mail,
> I do not rely on Starostin's reconstructions.
> I just use the database because it's easy for everyone to look at
> it.
> And Starostin's Chinese is from Yahontov.
> Somebody much more serious and reliable than Matissoff.
> Arnaud
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In what way is Yahontov much more serious and reliable than Matisoff?

Torsten