[Lexicog] power of nasal consonant

[Surmangol Sharma surmangol@yahoo.co.in [lexicographylist]]

Thanks to all for your response to my query. I would like to discuss a little more in the same line by citing examples from Manipuri/Meithei (T-B language). Let's consider the following:
1. ma    tapna                tapna                lak-i    3sg    be.slow-Adv    be.slow-Adv    come-Asp    'He comes very slowly'.
In (1) tapna tapna 'very slowly (approx.)' is a case of duplication and this can be contracted in connected speech as in (2) below.
(2)    ma    tam    tapna    lak-i 'He comes very slowly'.
In (2), the first word of the duplication is seen as having 'm' (nasal) as the final segment. 
How does /p/ changes to /m/, I suppose, is due to the influence of the following /n/. 

Further, the contraction may be extended to the second member of the duplication as in (3)
(3)    ma    tam    tam    lak-i 'He comes very slowly'
Any other possible explanation is sought.
Thankssurmangol
 --------------------------------- Hanjabam Surmangol Sharma Department of Linguistics Manipur University, Canchipur Imphal 795 003 MANIPUR 


     On Wednesday, 28 October 2015 6:35 AM, "Patrick C patrick.chew at gmail.com [lexicographylist]" <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
   

     To dovetail with previous answers, Korean shows the following:

Sino-Koreansam ri > sam ni "three ri ('miles')" (三里 삼리)
haeng-ri > haeng-ni "luggage" (行李 행리) [obs.?]

native-Korean:<-pnita> = [-mnida] -ㅂ니다formal polite verb ending, eg:ha- "to do" > hamnida 합니다
other verb endings that cause the same sandhi effect:<-ni> : <ka-ss-ni> = [kanni] (갔니 "(you) went?")
<-ne> :  <eops-ne> = [eomne] (없네 "there isn't any...")
<-neun-> : <meok-neun-de> = [meongneunde] (먹는데 "even though X eat(s)")
cheers,-Patrick




Apologies for typos - typed with my thumbs and subject to autocorrect in the most amusing of ways. (i.e. on my iPhone)On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 7:15 AM, Mike Cahill Mike_Cahill at sil.org [lexicographylist] <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

     Another example, briefly, from Konni of Ghana, again affecting /r/:/gim-ri/ à [ginni]  ‘sparrow-the’  (cf. /daa-ri/ à [daari] ‘day-the’) I’m sure there are more around the world! Mike From: lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com [mailto:lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 8:28 AM
To: lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Lexicog] power of nasal consonant 


Hanjabam Surmango Shama: In response to your question:  can a nasal consonant affect a oral consonant as the later becomes a nasal?  Yes, a nasal vowel followed by the consonant “r” naturally affects it to sound as an “n.”   Further, a nasal vowel will affect a succeeding vowel to sound as a nasual. In Báxoje Jiwére language (Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska), a Siouan language:-- rúmi (buy s.t.) ~ hinnúmiwi  (we buy it)  [hin-...wi (we) + rúmi (buy) -- Where two vowels are separated by “h, w, y, or glottal stop (^)” nasalization goes across both vowels.  Note:    pahí (sharp) > pahínhin (thorn);     yán (sleep)  >  ayán ~ anyán (bed; lay on)    ki^ín (gamble) > kin^ín (gamble; try)   From: mailto:lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 4:58 AMTo: yahoogroups Subject: [Lexicog] power of nasal consonant   Dear All, I invite your suggestions to the point at which I am curious is -- can a nasal consonant affect a oral consonant as the later becomes a nasal?

thankssurmangol --------------------------------- Hanjabam Surmangol Sharma Department of Linguistics Manipur University, Canchipur Imphal 795 003 MANIPUR


   

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