A Refactoring of Spanish & Portuguese · companion data
Companion / Part 4 / 4.26
Chapter 4.26

Stressed-nasal-u: /un/ ↔ /ũ, ˈõ/

21 cognate pairs

Spanish → Portuguese

/un/⟨un⟩ → /ũ, õ/8 pairs
source
Sagittal articulation of /u/
/u/
Sagittal articulation of /n/
/n/
/ũ/⟨un⟩ · after fricative · 4
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /ũ/
/ũ/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
junta/ˈxun.ta/junta/ˈʒũ.tɐ/assembly, council
junto/ˈxun.to/junto/ˈʒũ.tu/joined, together
profunda/pɾo.ˈfun.da/profunda/pɾu.ˈfũ.dɐ/deep
profundo/pɾo.ˈfun.do/profundo/pɾu.ˈfũ.du/deep
/õ/⟨on⟩ · not after fricative · 2
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /õ/
/õ/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
punta/ˈpun.ta/ponta/ˈpõ.tɐ/point, tip
punto/ˈpun.to/ponto/ˈpõ.tu/point
/ũ/⟨um⟩ · not after fricative · 2
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /ũ/
/ũ/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
un/un/um/ũ/one, a/an (masc article)
unou.no/um/ũ/one
/un/⟨ún⟩ → /ũ/2 pairs
source
Sagittal articulation of /u/
/u/
Sagittal articulation of /n/
/n/
/ũ/⟨um⟩ · 2
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /ũ/
/ũ/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
algún/al.ˈɣun/algum/aɫ.ˈgũ/some (apocopated)
atún/a.ˈtun/atum/ɐ.ˈtũ/tuna

Portuguese → Spanish

/ũ/⟨un⟩ → /un/5 pairs
source
Sagittal articulation of /ũ/
/ũ/
/un/⟨un⟩ · 5
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /u/
/u/
Sagittal articulation of /n/
/n/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
junta/ˈxun.ta/junta/ˈʒũ.tɐ/assembly, council
junto/ˈxun.to/junto/ˈʒũ.tu/joined, together
mundo/ˈmun.do/mundo/ˈmũ.du/world
profunda/pɾo.ˈfun.da/profunda/pɾu.ˈfũ.dɐ/deep
profundo/pɾo.ˈfun.do/profundo/pɾu.ˈfũ.du/deep
/ũ/⟨um⟩ → /un/4 pairs
source
Sagittal articulation of /ũ/
/ũ/
/un/⟨un⟩ · 4
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /u/
/u/
Sagittal articulation of /n/
/n/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
un/un/um/ũ/one, a/an (masc article)
unou.no/um/ũ/one
alguno/al.ˈɣu.no/algum/aɫ.ˈgũ/some
shogun/ʃo.ˈɣun/xogum/ʃu.ˈgũ/shogun, military dictator
/ũ/⟨u⟩ → /u/2 pairs
source
Sagittal articulation of /ũ/
/ũ/
/u/⟨u⟩ · 2
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /u/
/u/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
segunda/se.ˈɣun.da/segunda/sɨ.ˈgũn.dɐ/second
segundo/se.ˈɣun.do/segundo/sɨ.ˈgũn.du/second
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.