A Refactoring of Spanish & Portuguese · companion data
Companion / Part 6 / 6.12.4
Section 6.12.4

Word-initial strong /r/ → /r/ & /ʁ/

93 cognate pairs · click a row for its historical trace

CCASpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
ra.ga/ragara.ɣa/ragaʁa.gɐ/raga
ra.dʒa/rajá/ra.ˈxa/rajá/ʁɐ.ˈʒa/rajah
ra.ki/rakira.ki/rakiʁa.ki/raki, Turkish anise spirit
ri.ka/ricari.ka/ricaʁi.kɐ/rich
/rik/ricari.ka/ricoʁi.ku/rich
ri.ko/ricori.ko/ricoʁi.ku/rich
/rik/ricori.ko/ricaʁi.kɐ/rich
ra.men/ramenra.men/ramenʁa.mɛn/ramen
ri.ʃi/rishiri.ʃi/rishiʁi.ʃi/rishi, Vedic seer
/ro.ˈbaɾ/robar/ro.ˈβaɾ/roubar/ʁow.ˈbaɾ/to steal, rob
ro.bo.ta/robot/ro.ˈβot/robô/ʁu.ˈbo/robot
rjo.ri/ryorirjo.ɾi/ryoriʁjo.ɾi/ryori, Japanese cuisine
/ˈtʃu.ro/churro/ˈtʃu.ro/churro/ˈʃu.ʁu/fried dough pastry
ra.ku.go/rakugora.ku.ɣo/rakugoʁa.ku.gu/rakugo, comic storytelling
ra.ma/ramara.ma/ramaʁɐ.mɐ/Rama, Hindu deity
rɔ.pa/roparo.pa/roupaʁow.pɐ/clothing
ro.nin/roninro.nin/roninʁõ.nĩ/ronin
rjo.kan/ryokan/rjo.ˈkan/ryokan/ʁjɔ.ˈkɐ̃/ryokan, traditional Japanese inn
/ra.ma.ˈdˤan/ramadán/ra.ma.ˈðan/ramadão/ʁɐ.mɐ.ˈdɐ̃w/ramadán
/ren.ˈdaŋ/rendang/ren.ˈdaŋ/rendang/ʁẽ.ˈdɐ̃/rendang, Indonesian curry
/matˤ.ˈmu.ra/mazmorra/maθ.ˈmo.ra/masmorra/mɐʒ.ˈmɔ.ʁɐ/dungeon, underground prison
/ram.ˈbu.tan/rambutan/ram.bu.ˈtan/rambutan/ʁɐ̃.bu.ˈtɐ̃/rambután, tropical fruit
/ram.ˈbu.tan/rambutan/ram.bu.ˈtan/rambutao/ʁɐ̃.bu.ˈtɐ̃/rambután, tropical fruit
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.