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?q(n) 'Wood' in the aramaic ostraca from idumea: A note on the reflex of proto-semitic /*s̊ / in imperial Aramaic

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Abstract

A new spelling of the Aramaic lexeme 'wood' has been revealed. The note deals with the paleographic, orthographic, phonetic and phonemic implications of this spelling. It is claimed that in Idumean Aramaic of the fourth century BCE the reflex of the Proto-Semitic lateral fricative emphatic was realized as pharyngeal approximant ayin, what brought to the dissimilation of the first of two pharyngeals in this lexeme.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)101-109
Number of pages9
JournalAramaic Studies
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

Keywords

  • Dissimilation
  • Gutterals
  • Idumean ostraca
  • Imperial Aramaic
  • Phonology

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