A Refactoring of Spanish & Portuguese · companion data
Chapter 4a.4

I-vowels

This chapter in the Latin American edition: Chapter 4a.4

33 cognate pairs

Sources
Outcomes
/iŋ, in, im, ejn/⟨in, im, ím, ein, ín⟩ → /ĩ/33 pairs
source
Sagittal articulation of /i/
/i/
Sagittal articulation of /ŋ/
/ŋ/
Sagittal articulation of /i/
/i/
Sagittal articulation of /n/
/n/
Sagittal articulation of /i/
/i/
Sagittal articulation of /m/
/m/
Sagittal articulation of /e/
/e/
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
Sagittal articulation of /n/
/n/
/ĩ/⟨in⟩ · ⟨in⟩ · 22
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /ĩ/
/ĩ/
ES IPASpanishPT IPAPortugueseEnglish
/ˈθiŋ.ko/cinco/ˈsĩ.ku/cincofive
/ˈθin.ta/cinta/ˈsĩ.tɐ/cintaribbon, belt
/ˈtin.ta/tinta/ˈtĩ.tɐ/tintadyed
/in.ˈsa.na/insana/ĩ.ˈsa.nɐ/insanainsane, mad (f.)
/ˈkin.θe/quince/ˈkĩ.zɨ/quinzefifteen
/ˈkin.ta/quinta/ˈkĩ.tɐ/quintafifth (f.)
/do.ˈmiŋ.go/domingo/du.ˈmĩ.gu/domingoSunday
/in.fi.ˈni.ta/infinita/ĩ.fi.ˈni.tɐ/infinitainfinite, unlimited (f.)
/in.ˈsi.pi.ða/insípida/ĩ.ˈsi.pi.dɐ/insípidatasteless, insipid (f.)
/in.sa.ni.ˈðað/insanidad/ĩ.sɐ.ni.ˈda.dɨ/insanidadeinsanity
/pɾin.ˈθi.pjo/principio/pɾĩ.ˈsi.pju/princípiobeginning
/in.ˈfan.te/infante/ĩ.ˈfɐ̃.tɨ/infanteinfant, prince
/in.ˈβjeɾ.no/invierno/ĩ.ˈvɛɾ.nu/invernowinter
iŋ.ˈkwen.ta/cincuenta/sĩ.ˈkwẽ.tɐ/cinquentafifty
/kin.ˈtal/quintal/kĩ.ˈtaɫ/quintalquintal
/in.ti.ˈfa.ða/intifada/ĩ.ti.ˈfa.dɐ/intifadaintifada
in.dɾa/indraĩ.dɾɐ/indraIndra, Vedic deity
/ˈmi.ɾin/mirin/ˈmi.ɾĩ/mirinmirin, sweet rice wine
/ˈnin.po/ninpo/ˈnĩ.pu/ninponinpo, ninja techniques
/kin.ˈtsu.ɣi/kintsugi/kĩ.ˈtsu.ʒi/kintsugikintsugi, golden-joinery repair
/san.ˈʝa.sin/sannyasin/sɐn.ˈja.zĩ/sannyasinsannyasin, Hindu renunciant
/ˈro.nin/ronin/ˈʁõ.nĩ/roninronin
/ĩ/⟨im⟩ · ⟨in⟩ · 2
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /ĩ/
/ĩ/
ES IPASpanishPT IPAPortugueseEnglish
/fin/fin/fĩ/fimend
/in/hin/fĩ/fimend (archaic patrimonial)
/ɐ̃j/⟨em⟩ · ⟨in⟩ · 1
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /ɐ̃/
/ɐ̃/
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
ES IPASpanishPT IPAPortugueseEnglish
/sin/sin/sɐ̃j/semwithout
/ĩ/⟨im⟩ · ⟨im, ím, ein, ín⟩ · 5
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /ĩ/
/ĩ/
ES IPASpanishPT IPAPortugueseEnglish
/im.poɾ.ˈtan.te/importante/ĩ.puɾ.ˈtɐ̃.tɨ/importanteimportant
/xaθ.ˈmin/jazmín/ʒɐʒ.ˈmĩ/jasmimjasmine
/ˈdim.san/dimsum/ˈdĩ.sɐ̃/dimsumdim sum
/ˈkim.bap/kimbap/ˈkĩ.bɐp/kimbapkimbap, Korean rice-and-seaweed roll
/ˈdim.sum/dim-sum/ˈdĩ.sɐ̃/dimsumdim-sum
/ĩ/⟨ím⟩ · ⟨im, ím, ein, ín⟩ · 1
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /ĩ/
/ĩ/
ES IPASpanishPT IPAPortugueseEnglish
/ˈlim.pi.ða/límpida/ˈlĩ.pi.dɐ/límpidaclear, transparent (f.)
/ĩ/⟨in⟩ · ⟨im, ím, ein, ín⟩ · 2
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /ĩ/
/ĩ/
ES IPASpanishPT IPAPortugueseEnglish
/ˈbejn.te/veinte/ˈvĩ.tɨ/vintetwenty
/ˈtɾejn.ta/treinta/ˈtɾĩ.tɐ/trintathirty
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.