Guess the Word in Future Englishes

[Creyeditor]

Does the bilabial fricative come from ME *b?

No.

Does it come from an *m?

No.

[qwed117]

Does the bilabial fricative come from ME *b?

No.

Does it come from an *m?

No.

*p? *f?

[Creyeditor]

Yes, *p.

Also I'll just repeat the word here: [hɪ˥̃.ɸœf].

[Iyionaku]

Does it mean "hopeful" or "hopefully"?

Edit: Okay, that doesn't explain nasalization so it's definitely not.

[Creyeditor]

No, it doesn't, but it is also a very positive word just like hope.

[qwed117]

Just to check, is it one morpheme?
And does the first 'h' correspond to ME *h

[Creyeditor]

Just to check, is it one morpheme?

It is definitely one morpheme in FE and it was more than one morpheme before ME. Don't really know if it is analyzable in ME, though. If we use the pre-ME morpheme analysis it yields [hɪ˥̃]-[ɸœf]-0. The last morpheme was lost on the way to FE.

And does the first 'h' correspond to ME *h

No

[qwed117]

Does the first 'h' correspond to ME 'g'? ME 's'?

[Creyeditor]

Does the first 'h' correspond to ME 'g'?

No

ME 's'?

Yes

[zyma]

I keep reading "ME" as "Middle English".

Anyway, does the tone on the first syllable of [hɪ̃˥ɸœf] come from just the loss of the coda nasal?

[Creyeditor]

I keep reading "ME" as "Middle English".

Anyway, does the tone on the first syllable of [hɪ̃˥ɸœf] come from just the loss of the coda nasal?

No, it was the stressed syllable in MoE. Is that a better abbreveation?

[zyma]

So, a very positive word that was sV́NpVC in Modern English. Was the final [f] also [f] in Modern English.

[Creyeditor]

So, a very positive word that was sV́NpVC in Modern English.

You forgot the lost morpheme, it was actually sV́NpVCV

Was the final [f] also [f] in Modern English.

No.

[Jackk]

So, a very positive word that was sV́NpVC in Modern English.

You forgot the lost morpheme, it was actually sV́NpVCV

Was the final [f] also [f] in Modern English.

No.

"sympathy"?

[qwed117]

wow, Jackk got that fast

[Creyeditor]

So, a very positive word that was sV́NpVC in Modern English.

You forgot the lost morpheme, it was actually sV́NpVCV

Was the final [f] also [f] in Modern English.

No.

"sympathy"?

Correct

[zyma]

So, a very positive word that was sV́NpVC in Modern English.

You forgot the lost morpheme, it was actually sV́NpVCV

Oh, sorry, I thought you said that was lost before Modern English.

Congrats again to Jackk!

[Jackk]

So, a very positive word that was sV́NpVC in Modern English.

You forgot the lost morpheme, it was actually sV́NpVCV

Oh, sorry, I thought you said that was lost before Modern English.

Congrats again to Jackk!

Thank you! Though this time I reckon I got lucky with the timing.

New Word: (again from Pēsh Zūcn)

chembou
/ˈt͡ʃen.po.u/
[ˈt͡ʃem.bow]

[zyma]

Is it a noun?

[Jackk]

Is it a noun?

Yes.