Complementation of i'e

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Fri Jan 23 18:27:05 UTC 2004


On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Rankin, Robert L wrote:
> > Lasciate ogni esperanza voi ch'entrate.
>
> Speranza is the only problem.

Espanglish influence.

> Your recapitulating the cognate set reminded me of the WI and CH forms
> that suggest an earlier glottal stop between the 2 vowels.  Another
> possible explanation for the hiatus.   Bob

You mean for why Dhegiha doesn't have idhe?



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