A Refactoring of Spanish & Portuguese · companion data
Companion / Part 6 / 6.26.3
Section 6.26.3

Arabic /q/ → /k/ & /k/

27 cognate pairs · click a row for its historical trace

CCASpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
/al.ˈqa.dˤi/cadi/ka.ˈði/cadi/kɐ.ˈdi/cadí, Islamic judge
/al.ˈqa.dˤi/cadí/ka.ˈði/cadi/kɐ.ˈdi/cadi, Islamic judge
/ˈnu.qaʕ/nuca/ˈnu.ka/nuca/ˈnu.kɐ/nape, back of the neck
/ˈbur.qa/burka/ˈbuɾ.ka/burca/ˈbuɾ.kɐ/burka
qa.jaq/kayakka.jak/caiaquekɐja.kɨ/kayak
/ni.ˈqab/niqab/ni.ˈkab/niqab/ni.ˈkab/niqab, face veil
/qa.ˈnat/qanat/ka.ˈnat/qanat/kɐ.ˈnat/qanat, underground irrigation channel
qi.bla/qiblaki.bla/qiblaki.blɐ/qibla, prayer direction
/al.ˈpa.qa/alpaca/al.ˈpa.ka/alpaca/aɫ.ˈpa.kɐ/alpaca
/ˈa.nu.raq/anorak/a.no.ˈɾak/anoraque/ɐ.nu.ˈɾa.kɨ/anorak
/fa.ˈqir/faquir/fa.ˈkiɾ/faquir/fɐ.ˈkiɾ/fakir
/al.ʕaq.ˈrab/alacrán/a.la.ˈkɾan/lacrau/lɐ.ˈkɾaw/scorpion
/al.ˈqajd/alcaide/al.ˈkaj.ðe/alcaide/aɫ.ˈkaj.dɨ/warden, governor, jailer
/al.ˈqasˤr/alcázar/al.ˈka.θaɾ/alcácer/aɫ.ˈka.sɨɾ/castle, palace
qa.lib/calibre/ka.ˈli.βɾe/calibre/kɐ.ˈli.bɾɨ/caliber
/qin.ˈtˤar/quintal/kin.ˈtal/quintal/kĩ.ˈtaɫ/quintal
/al.ħa.ˈba.qa/albahaca/al.βa.ˈa.ka/alfavaca/aɫ.fɐ.ˈva.kɐ/basil
/si.qil.ˈlat/escarlata/es.kaɾ.ˈla.ta/escarlate/iʃ.kɐɾ.ˈla.tɨ/scarlet
qah.wa/café/ka.ˈfe/café/kɐ.ˈfɛ/coffee
/qu.ˈran/corán/ko.ˈɾan/alcorão/aɫ.ku.ˈɾɐ̃w/Quran
/al.ˈqub.ba/alcoba/al.ˈko.βa/alcova/aɫ.ˈkɔ.vɐ/alcove, bedroom
/ˈʃar.qi/siroco/si.ˈɾo.ko/siroco/si.ˈɾɔ.ku/sirocco
/al.ʕaq.ˈrab/alacrán/a.la.ˈkɾan/alacrão/ɐ.lɐ.ˈkɾɐ̃w/scorpion
/qir.mi.ˈzi/carmesí/kaɾ.me.ˈsi/carmesim/kɐɾ.mɨ.ˈzĩ/crimson
/ʃa.ˈqi.qa/jaqueca/xa.ˈke.ka/enxaqueca/ẽ.ʃɐ.ˈkɛ.kɐ/migraine, severe headache
/ʃa.ˈqi.qa/jaqueca/xa.ˈke.ka/xaqueca/ʃɐ.ˈkɛ.kɐ/migraine, severe headache
/al.qatˤ.ˈran/alquitrán/al.ki.ˈtɾan/alcatrão/aɫ.kɐ.ˈtɾɐ̃w/tar
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.