The CBB

After qwed presented a word from a romlang in the Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs due to not having a Germanic lang readily available, I thought it would be a cool idea to have a counterpart to that thread for romlangs.

Like in the other thread, you can decide whether or not to provide IPA when you present a word to be guessed.

I don't have a romlang readily available, so here's a word I made up just for this game:

lourvoi
/ˈlou̯ɾvəj/

Is it a verb?

shimobaatar wrote:Is it a verb?

A noun?

Does final -i come from VL/L *s?

shimobaatar wrote:A noun?

qwed117 wrote:Does final -i come from VL/L *s?

Is it the nominative singular form of a noun?

Does it have a post-cliticized element? (Is that element just the i?)

shimobaatar wrote:Is it the nominative singular form of a noun?

(Assuming you're referring to the Latin from which it was derived; the word itself is no longer marked for case, like in most Romance languages)

qwed117 wrote:Does it have a post-cliticized element? (Is that element just the i?)

Does the final -i derive from a decayed e?

If that's a no, is the language south of Remini-Spezzia

Is it from *laurea?

qwed117 wrote:Does the final -i derive from a decayed e?

qwed117 wrote:If that's a no, is the language south of Remini-Spezzia

Like I said, this word was made up for this game and doesn't belong to a particular conlang, so I can't really speak for the whole language. However, looking at the differences between the two sides of the La Spezia-Rimini line, it doesn't look like the line is relevant to this particular word, at least in terms of plural formation and stop voicing/degemination.

Creyeditor wrote:Is it from *laurea?

GrandPiano wrote: (Assuming you're referring to the Latin from which it was derived; the word itself is no longer marked for case, like in most Romance languages)

Yeah, sorry for any confusion. Is it derived from the accusative singular form of a noun?

shimobaatar wrote:Is it derived from the accusative singular form of a noun?

It is based on the accusative and is singular, yes.

Is the first consonant a fossilized definite article?

Creyeditor wrote:Is the first consonant a fossilized definite article?

Does 《ou》come solely from VL *ọ? If not, does it come from any combination of ọ and another element?

qwed117 wrote:Does 《ou》come solely from VL *ọ? If not, does it come from any combination of ọ and another element?

Are these true?

Lat l > l
Lat r > r
Lat w > v

Is this true?

Lat -u- > -v-

Either of these true?

Lat -au- > -ou-
Lat -o- > -ou-

elemtilas wrote:Lat l > l
Lat r > r

elemtilas wrote:Lat w > v
Lat -u- > -v-
Lat -au- > -ou-
Lat -o- > -ou-