on pronouncing "gyros" (recycled Linguist List posting)

[A. Maberry]

Actually do[umlaut]n- is the root (="turn", infinitive,
do[umlaut]nmek = to turn). The letter in do[umlaut]ner which is influenced
by the principle of vowel-harmony is the "e". Also, in speech, the final
"b" in kebab is often devoiced to p.

Allen
maberry at u.washington.edu

On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, David Bergdahl wrote:

> I suspect the umlauted-o in doener kebab has more to do with Turkish vowel
> harmony rules than anything else (such as the religion of the merchant).
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