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--- Adam Walker skrzypszy:
> Mavali - traitor < Ar. muwali
> Mavjada - traitor < Ar. muwallad
Well, you replaced these with:
> muvali /mU'valI/
> muvjali /muv'ZalI/
I would prefer the former. But it remains a matter of taste, of
course.
> Magmau - velvet < Ar. makhmal
> Mugmau - velvet < Ar. mukhmal
Velvet? Definitely 1)!
> Marreju - hammer < LL matrellus
> Mizdraga - hammer < Ar. miTraqa
Are you sure you weren't having idiot fingers in this case as well?
Unless I am completely mistaken, it should be Latin _martellus_.
^^
This is a difficult choice, because both are nice. I think I'd follow
the suggestion to keep both, and turn "mizdraga" into some special
kind of hammer used in combat.
> Minoru - minor < Lt. minorus
> Mindru - minor < Lt. minor
Why _minorus_? If you are working from Vulgar Latin, the original
form would rather be _minore(m)_.
Well, from the aesthetical point of view I would choose 2). However,
I think the /o/ in Latin was long, so 1) seems more plausible.
> Mi�era - mine < OFr. miniera < LL minera
> Medaju - mine < LL metallum
Why not simply keep _mi�era_ for "mine" and _medaju_ for "metal"?
> Medigu (native word) - doctor, surgeon < Lt. medicus
> Medicu (learned) - medcal, healing, medicinal < Lt.
> medicus
In my opinion, these two are a bit too close both in meaning and in
form to coexist peacefully. If I were you, I would keep _medigu_ and
_medichinali_, and let go of _medicu_.
Jan
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