thank you!!
this is fantastic.

matt

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Dirk Elzinga <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Here you go: selected cognate sets from: Manaster Ramer, Alexis. 1992. A
> Northern Uto-Aztecan Sound Law: *-c- > -y-. International Journal of
> American Linguistics 58.3 pp 251-68.
>
> Abbreviations
> NUA: Northern Uto-Aztecan
>  SP: Southern Paiute
>  Sh: Shoshoni
>  Tu: Tubatulabal
>  Lu: Luiseño
>  Ca: Cahuilla
>  Sr: Serrano
> SUA: Southern Uto-Aztecan
>  OO: O'odham
>  Gu: Guarijio
>  My: Mayo
>  Tr: Tarahumara
>  Na: Nahuatl
>
> (ï = /ɨ/, c = /ts/, č = /tʃ/, y = /j/, ş = /ʂ/)
>
> *ïca 'to plant'
> NUA
>  SP ïa-
>  Hp ïïya
> SUA
>  OO ïş
>  Gu eca-leci-
>  My eeca
>
> *ïci 'to steal'
> NUA
>  SP ïyï=ŋka-
>  Tu ïïyV-
>  Ls uyo-t 'thief'
>  Ca eyet 'robber'
>  Sr ïyï-i, ïyïï-t 'thief'
>  Hp ïï'ïyi, ïïyi-ŋw 'thief'
> SUA
>  OO ïïs 'stealth'
>  Gu ici=koani
>
> *ïcaC 'sore, wound'
> NUA
>  SP ïa-vï 'wounded animal'
>  Sh ïa
>  Hp ïya
> SUA
>  Gu ehca
>
> *maci 'to know'
> NUA
>  SP mai 'to find, discover'
> SUA
>  OO maaş-cam 'to teach'
>  Tr maci 'to see, know, read'
>  My maaci 'to know, feel'
>  Na mač-tiaa 'to learn, to teach'
>
> *mïca 'moon'
> NUA
>  Sh mïa
>  SP mïa-toko-ci
>  Tu mïïya-l
>  Ls moy-la
>  Hp mïïya-w
> SUA
>  Gu meca
>  My meeca
>  Na meec-tli
>
> *moci 'grandchild'
> NUA
>  Hp mööyi
> SUA
>  OO moos 'woman's daughter's child'
>
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Matthew Boutilier <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > excellent!  sure, i'd be interested if 'twouldn't be too much trouble.  i
> > never say no to learning about uto-aztecan.
> >
> > matt
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Dirk Elzinga <[log in to unmask]
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > There is a regular sound correspondence in Uto-Aztecan which relates
> VcV
> > in
> > > the Southern UA languages to V(y)V in the Northern languages (c = /ts/,
> y
> > =
> > > /j/). I have cognate sets if you're interested.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Matthew Boutilier <[log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > does anyone know of an example in natlangs where some voiceless
> > affricate
> > > > (e.g. /tS/ or /ts`/) becomes the approximant /j/?
> > > > it seems likely enough.  in bahraini arabic there is the voiced
> > > > counterpart:
> > > > /dZ/ is spoken as [j].  but in a conlang i'm working on i really want
> a
> > > > sound change wherein retroflex /ts`/ goes to /j/.  is the
> > palato-alveolar
> > > > /tS/ situation substantially different from retroflex that if the
> > former
> > > > yields /j/ the latter might not?
> > > > i have other retroflex consonants (e.g. the sibilant /z`/) that i do
> > not
> > > > want to be affected, so that /ts`/ sort of drifts off on its own.
> > > >
> > > > thanks!
> > > >
> > > > matt
> > > >
> > >
> >
>