Database
Georgian
(Caucasus mountains; South Caucasian, Georgian)
Summary:
When the reduced thematic suffix '-v' is adjacent to the sonorants, metathesis occurs.
Summary:
When the reduced thematic suffix '-v' is adjacent to the sonorants, metathesis occurs.
Examples:
The thematic suffix '-av' reduces to '-v' in the masdar (verbal noun). This reduction results in the /v/ being adjacent to a sonorants, leading to metathesis.
cf.
The thematic suffix '-av' reduces to '-v' in the masdar (verbal noun). This reduction results in the /v/ being adjacent to a sonorants, leading to metathesis.
k’l + av
k’vla
‘you kill them’
xn + av
xvna
‘you plough them’
jr + av
jvra
‘you set them in motion’
cf.
rva
*vra
‘eight’
tvramet’i
‘eighteen’
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Last Updated: 6/20/2007
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Last Updated: 6/20/2007
References:
- Butskhrikidze, M. & J. van de Weijer 2001. On v-metathesis in Modern Georgian. In E. Hume, N. Smith & J. van de Weijer (eds.), Surface Syllable Structure and Segment Sequencing. Leiden, NL: HIL Occasional Papers.
- Hewitt, B. G. 1995. Georgian. A Structural Reference Grammar. John Benjamins Publishing Company. Amsterdam/Philadelphia.
