A Refactoring of Spanish & Portuguese · companion data
Section 6.1.1.5

/ɛ/ ⇒ /e/ ↔ /ɛ/

Same correspondence in the Iberian edition: §6.1.1.5 /ɛ/ ⇒ /e/ ↔ /ɛ/

26 cognate pairs · click a row for its historical trace

CCAES IPASpanishPT IPAPortugueseEnglish
/ˈdɛ.tsi.ma//ˈde.si.ma/décima/ˈdɛ.si.mɐ/décimatenth
/ˈdɛ.tsi.mo//ˈde.si.mo/décimo/ˈdɛ.si.mu/décimotenth
/ˈmɛ.ɾi.ta//ˈme.ɾi.ta/mérita/ˈmɛ.ɾi.tɐ/méritameritorious
/ˈmɛ.ɾi.to//ˈme.ɾi.to/mérito/ˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/méritomerit
/ˈpɛr.fi.da//ˈpeɾ.fi.ða/pérfida/ˈpɛʁ.fi.dɐ/pérfidaperfidious, treacherous
/ˈpɛr.fi.do//ˈpeɾ.fi.ðo/pérfido/ˈpɛʁ.fi.du/pérfidoperfidious, treacherous
/do.ˈmɛs.ti.ka//do.ˈmes.ti.ka/doméstica/du.ˈmɛʃ.tʃi.kɐ/domésticadomestic
/do.ˈmɛs.ti.ko//do.ˈmes.ti.ko/doméstico/du.ˈmɛʃ.tʃi.ku/domésticodomestic
Every table here shows the full corpus behind a sound correspondence — the print book shows a curated handful. Forms are generated from the book’s Latin→Romance model; the CCA column is the reconstructed common ancestor.