A-affection in Adûnaic
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What is your opinion on the occurrence of A-affection in Adûnaic — especially in the situation when one derives masc. karbû and fem. karbî type forms from karab-like nouns whose root vowel is not A, but instead I or U?
Does the attestation dolgu indicate that in such a case I > E and U > O, or should one instead follow the "lead" of kulb-ô, -â, -ê, -û, -î in SD:425?
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Do you mean, that if (for…
Do you mean, that if (for whatever reason) one were to derive a masculine or feminine version of, say, khibil, per this rule it would be kheblû and kheblî?
Or have I completely misunderstood your question...
In reply to Do you mean, that if (for… by Atwe
Yes, that's the idea. (I'd…
Yes, that's the idea.
(I'd also have a look at what Andreas Möhn possibly suggests about the arising of dolgu, but I seem to have misplaced my copy of Words of Westernesse at the moment.)
Since dolgu violates the…
Since dolgu violates the attested phonetics rules of Adûnaic (short o is not supposed to be possible), I wouldn’t read too much into its form.
Also, see here for the…
Also, see here for the Etymologies of the Atani Languages
https://web.archive.org/web/20110930151024/http:/lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolk…
Seems like a good time to…
Seems like a good time to thank Paul for lighting the path. Any complementory insights about or near the topic are obviously still welcome.