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Re: John Cowan and Scott Horne on Brithenig



On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, andrew wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Padraic Brown wrote:
>  
> > I am under the impression that agur is descended from "ad hora(m)", rather
> > like Spanish's ahora.  I'm not sure exactly _how_ the g gets there, but is
> > probably rather a complex situation.  Like the -n on Rhufeinn, La
> > Mistarista strikes again!
> >
> hac hora(m) rather than ad hora(m) as I have posted.  Compare with addyn
> 'at once'.

I was close!  Simple voicing of the intervocalic -c-.  Hm. Not so
mysterious after all!

Padraic.

>  
> - andrew.
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