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That's a possibility, in which case we might have 3 legitimate spellings for this item in order to include <gwef>. Alternatively, the attested <u>s in this item might be reinterpreted as <v>s, pronounced [v]. And since <w>, <u> and <v> are in free variation in the Middle Cornish texts, the <w>s might also represent [v]. <gweff> is attested in Pascon aga Arluth (95), so there is no reason to think that this might be a late development.<br />
Ol an gwella,<br />
Jon<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 12px">From: nicholas williams</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 12px">Sent: 07/15/11 02:11 PM</span></span></p>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">I suspect that <i>gwef</i> is a back formation on the basis of the comparative. In *<i>gwywha</i>, *<i>gwewha</i> the -h- of the suffix devoiced the w, which</font></font>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">between vowels was pronounced as a bilabial [f]. From this the simplex <i>gwef</i> was extracted.</font></font></div>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Nicholas</font></font></div>
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On 2011 Gor 15, at 13:49, Jon Mills wrote:</div>
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If we consider the presence of final <-f> and <ff>, should the the final phoneme not be a fricative, /v/ ?</blockquote>
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