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/f/?
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Salmoneus wrote: 13 Oct 2020 14:34/f/?
[cross] No
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*m?
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shimobaatar wrote: 13 Oct 2020 16:55*m?
No [cross]

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Edit: (from Mánnìkán ): bɔ̂ bɔ̄̂ (This is not a fixed expression, but a common phrase)
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*p?
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shimobaatar wrote: 13 Oct 2020 17:04*p?
No [cross]
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*dw-?
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shimobaatar wrote: 13 Oct 2020 17:13*dw-?
No [cross]
I guess you are on the wrong track [D;]
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You guess? If it wouldn't give too much away, could you possibly clarify what you mean by that?
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/g/ !?


EDIT: ahh, do you mean that there has been an elided initial element or two?
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Salmoneus wrote: 13 Oct 2020 19:20 EDIT: ahh, do you mean that there has been an elided initial element or two?
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So, it's been established that this is a noun phrase. Is one word a noun and the other an adjective?
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shimobaatar wrote: 13 Oct 2020 21:03 So, it's been established that this is a noun phrase. Is one word a noun and the other an adjective?
Yes [:)]
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Is the /b/ element of both words descended from *b?
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Salmoneus wrote: 13 Oct 2020 21:59 Is the /b/ element of both words descended from *b?
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Creyeditor wrote: 13 Oct 2020 22:00
Salmoneus wrote: 13 Oct 2020 21:59 Is the /b/ element of both words descended from *b?
Yes [tick]
Well that's a relief.

Regarding the elided initial material: was the deleted material for either word of CV- form?
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Salmoneus wrote: 13 Oct 2020 22:14 Regarding the elided initial material: was the deleted material for either word of CV- form?
No, it was a simple vowel in both cases.
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Is the first word the adjective?
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Is the elided vowel the same for both words?
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shimobaatar wrote: 13 Oct 2020 22:52 Is the first word the adjective?
Yes [tick]
Salmoneus wrote: 13 Oct 2020 23:31 Is the elided vowel the same for both words?
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