From: stlatos
Message: 67667
Date: 2011-06-01
> The qHX / t.r. is not just needed to explain aspiration, but for those languages that show alt. kx- / ts- (see Witzel for more ex.) :This alt. being covered by Skt k/ç should allow the order of changes in kY > ç and ke > c^a to be known (assuming there weren't many related languages with major differences in s./s/s^ between them that Skt borrowed from):
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> Aq'-RWuÑ'-GWÀ+
> Aq'-RWum'-bÀ+
> AqH-Xum-bÀ
> AqH-Xum-bÀ uqH-XAm-bÀ
> qHXum-bÀ qHXAm-bÀ
> kxum-bÀ kxAm-bÀ
> kxum-bÀ tsum-bÀ kxAm-bÀ tsAm-bÀ
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> kúmba- = thick end of bone/club
> çámba- = iron head of a pestle / Indra's weapon
> çambín- = having a pole/oar / rower / boatman S;