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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:
> 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.) :
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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;
>
Also,
* fkYer.t.n.ó+ \ fkYr.t.n.ó+ = cut off/mutilated / sharp/sharp-tasting/sour PIE;
* fkYer.t.n.ó+ > karn.a- = short-eared S; karëna- = deaf Av;
* fkYr.t.n.ó+ > krUnU = having a mutilated ear/nose OCS;
vs.
* fkYer.t.n.ó+ > xW > w > uqY-weR-t.u-Ñò+ > aq'-XwaR-t*Yi-Ñà+ > aqH-Xu-wat.-r.i-n.à+ \ -r.à+ \ -d.à+ >
khut. = short HN Bu; >>
khút.o Sh; khut.t.a- = broken Pk; khun.d.- = break into pieces S;
khot.a- \ khod.a- \ khora-\ khola- = limping/lame S;
çot.ha- = lazy/idle / wicked/low / fool, çuth- = limp S;
kat.t.a- = sour. kat.t.ana-s = dwarf, kat.t.eraka- = dwarfish S;
kharvá- = mutilated/crippled/imperfect/dwarfish S;
Notice that tHsH > tYHsYH > çH with met. of aspiration in khot.a- vs çot.ha- (the only other inherited tYH was in sYkY > sYkYH > ccH).
This met. is similar to:
gHrútsa = wild strawberries, gutsHíi = morel A;