From iad@xxxx.xxx.xxx Tue Sep 28 10:11:54 1999 X-Digest-Num: 246 Message-ID: <44114.246.1352.959273825@eGroups.com> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:11:54 -0700 From: Ivan A Derzhanski Yes, "turkie" is what I was complaining about; you missed the final > consonant so it isn't a valid cmene [...]. Hmm. Should it have been > {turki,es}? I don't know Turkish. No, but you know Hebrew, so you're familiar with the Semitic feminine ending whose forms alternate between /t/ and /h/ or nothing (the former typically under liaison, the latter usually before pause). This is an Arabic toponym, and if it is to be made into a cmene, the natural choice for a final consonant is {t}. --Ivan