A Refactoring of Spanish & Portuguese · companion data
Companion / Part 4 / 4.16
Chapter 4.16

Glide-j: /j, ʝ/ ↔ /j/

44 cognate pairs

Spanish → Portuguese

/j/⟨i⟩ → /j/18 pairs
source
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
/j/⟨i⟩ · 18
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
variante/baɾ.ˈjan.te/variante/vɐɾ.ˈjɐ̃.tɨ/variant
cristiano/kɾist.ˈja.no/cristião/kɾiʃt.ˈjɐ̃w/Christian
chai/tʃaj/chai/ʃaj/chai, spiced tea
aikya/ˈajk.ja/aikya/ˈaj.kjɐ/aikya, unity
aodai/a.o.ˈðaj/aodai/ɐ.u.ˈdaj/ao dai, Vietnamese tunic
raita/ˈraj.ta/raita/ˈʁaj.tɐ/raita, yogurt condiment
yatai/ja.ˈtaj/yatai/jɐ.ˈtaj/yatai, food cart
daikon/ˈdaj.kon/daikon/ˈdaj.kun/daikon, white radish
maitri/maj.ˈtɾi/maitri/mɐj.ˈtɾi/maitri, loving-kindness
troika/ˈtɾoj.ka/troika/ˈtɾoj.kɐ/troika
advaita/ad.βaj.ˈta/advaita/ɐd.vɐj.ˈta/advaita, non-duality
kaiseki/ˈkaj.se.ki/kaiseki/ˈkaj.sɨ.ki/kaiseki, multi-course meal
taiyaki/ˈta.ja.ki/taiyaki/ˈta.jɐ.ki/taiyaki, fish-shaped cake
fengshui/feŋʃ.ˈwaj/fengshui/fẽʃ.ˈwaj/feng shui
maitreya/maj.ˈtɾe.ja/maitreya/mɐj.ˈtɾe.jɐ/Maitreya, future Buddha
vairagya/baj.ˈɾag.ja/vairagya/vɐj.ˈɾa.gjɐ/vairagya, dispassion
perestroika/pe.ɾes.ˈtɾoj.ka/perestroika/pɨ.ɾɨʃ.ˈtɾoj.kɐ/perestroika
pierogi/pje.ˈɾo.ɣi/pierogi/pjɨ.ˈɾɔ.gi/pierogi
/ʝ/⟨y⟩ → /j/7 pairs
source
Sagittal articulation of /ʝ/
/ʝ/
/j/⟨y⟩ · 7
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
yuzuʝu.su/yuzuju.zu/yuzu
yokaiʝo.ka.i/yokaijo.kaj/yokai
yakuza/ʝa.ˈku.sa/yakuza/jɐ.ˈku.zɐ/yakuza
sayonara/sa.ʝo.ˈna.ɾa/sayonara/sɐ.ju.ˈna.ɾɐ/sayonara
sukiyaki/su.ki.ˈʝa.ki/sukiyaki/su.ki.ˈja.ki/sukiyaki
teriyaki/te.ɾi.ˈʝa.ki/teriyaki/tɨ.ɾi.ˈja.ki/teriyaki
teppanyaki/tep.pan.ˈʝa.ki/teppanyaki/tɨp.pɐn.ˈja.ki/teppanyaki

Portuguese → Spanish

/j/⟨i⟩ → /ʝ, j/19 pairs
source
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
/ʝ/⟨y⟩ · syllable initial · 4
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /ʝ/
/ʝ/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
maya/ˈma.ʝa/maia/ˈma.jɐ/maya (illusion)
yucaʝu.ka/iucaju.kɐ/yuca
yogur/ʝo.ˈɣuɾ/iogurte/jɔ.ˈguɾ.tɨ/yogurt
peyote/pe.ˈʝo.te/peiote/pe.ˈjɔ.tɨ/peyote
/j/⟨i⟩ · not syllable initial · 15
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
chai/tʃaj/chai/ʃaj/chai, spiced tea
aikya/ˈajk.ja/aikya/ˈaj.kjɐ/aikya, unity
aodai/a.o.ˈðaj/aodai/ɐ.u.ˈdaj/ao dai, Vietnamese tunic
raita/ˈraj.ta/raita/ˈʁaj.tɐ/raita, yogurt condiment
yatai/ja.ˈtaj/yatai/jɐ.ˈtaj/yatai, food cart
daikon/ˈdaj.kon/daikon/ˈdaj.kun/daikon, white radish
maitri/maj.ˈtɾi/maitri/mɐj.ˈtɾi/maitri, loving-kindness
troika/ˈtɾoj.ka/troika/ˈtɾoj.kɐ/troika
advaita/ad.βaj.ˈta/advaita/ɐd.vɐj.ˈta/advaita, non-duality
kaiseki/ˈkaj.se.ki/kaiseki/ˈkaj.sɨ.ki/kaiseki, multi-course meal
fengshui/feŋʃ.ˈwaj/fengshui/fẽʃ.ˈwaj/feng shui
maitreya/maj.ˈtɾe.ja/maitreya/mɐj.ˈtɾe.jɐ/Maitreya, future Buddha
vairagya/baj.ˈɾag.ja/vairagya/vɐj.ˈɾa.gjɐ/vairagya, dispassion
perestroika/pe.ɾes.ˈtɾoj.ka/perestroika/pɨ.ɾɨʃ.ˈtɾoj.kɐ/perestroika
pierogi/pje.ˈɾo.ɣi/pierogi/pjɨ.ˈɾɔ.gi/pierogi
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.