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VL *-mn- > what???



I've encountered some trouble with Medolian. I just can't decide what to do with the Vulgar Latin cluster -mn-. First thought was excrescence, along the lines of Spanish: *homne > ômbre > oambre /'wambr@/. However, "feambra" /'fjambra/ doesn't sound like a good word for "woman".
 
We get to the Crunch:
How do other (con-)romancelangs deal with this cluster? Spanish does excrescence, French assimilates, Italian does nothing (laziness...), so what does everyone else do?
 
Cheers,
 
Dan
 
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La plus belle fois qu'on m'a dit
          "je t'aime"
                   c'était un mec
                             qui me l'a dit...
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