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Chapter 4.30

Glide-aj: /aj/ ↔ /ɐj/

15 cognate pairs

Spanish → Portuguese

/aj/⟨ai⟩ → /ɐj/6 pairs
source
Sagittal articulation of /a/
/a/
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
/ɐj/⟨ai⟩ · 6
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /ɐ/
/ɐ/
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
traidor/tɾaj.ˈðoɾ/traidor/tɾɐjdoɾ/traitor
traición/tɾaj.ˈθjon/traição/tɾɐjsɐ̃w/betrayal, treason
paisaje/paj.ˈsa.xe/paisagem/ˈpɐjza.ʒɐ̃j/landscape
bailarina/baj.la.ˈɾi.na/bailarina/bɐjlɐ.ˈɾi.nɐ/dancer (f.)
daimyo/dajm.ˈjo/daimio/ˈdɐjmi.u/daimyo, feudal lord
paisano/paj.ˈsa.no/paisano/ˈpɐjzɐ.nu/fellow countryman, civilian
/aj/⟨ay⟩ → /ɐj/3 pairs
source
Sagittal articulation of /a/
/a/
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
/ɐj/⟨ai⟩ · 3
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /ɐ/
/ɐ/
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
mayor/maj.ˈoɾ/maior/mɐjɔɾ/greater, older, major
albayalde/al.βajal.de/alvaiade/aɫv.ˈɐja.dɨ/white lead pigment (archaic)
alfayate/al.faja.te/alfaiate/aɫf.ˈɐja.tɨ/tailor (archaic

Portuguese → Spanish

/ɐj/⟨ai⟩ → /aj/6 pairs
source
Sagittal articulation of /ɐ/
/ɐ/
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
/aj/⟨ai⟩ · 6
outcome
Sagittal articulation of /a/
/a/
Sagittal articulation of /j/
/j/
SpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
traidor/tɾaj.ˈðoɾ/traidor/tɾɐjdoɾ/traitor
traición/tɾaj.ˈθjon/traição/tɾɐjsɐ̃w/betrayal, treason
paisaje/paj.ˈsa.xe/paisagem/ˈpɐjza.ʒɐ̃j/landscape
bailarina/baj.la.ˈɾi.na/bailarina/bɐjlɐ.ˈɾi.nɐ/dancer (f.)
daimyo/dajm.ˈjo/daimio/ˈdɐjmi.u/daimyo, feudal lord
paisano/paj.ˈsa.no/paisano/ˈpɐjzɐ.nu/fellow countryman, civilian
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.