Turkey (Re: cecla fanta flalu)

[Ivan A Derzhanski <iad@math.bas.bg>]

Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> 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