A Refactoring of Spanish & Portuguese · companion data
Companion / Part 6 / 6.29.2
Section 6.29.2

Intervocalic /s/ → /s/ & /z/

141 cognate pairs · click a row for its historical trace

CCASpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
/ˈdo.sa/dosa/ˈdo.sa/dosa/ˈdo.zɐ/dosa
/ˈna.si/nasi/ˈna.si/nasi/ˈna.zi/nasi, cooked rice
/a.ˈsa.na/asana/a.ˈsa.na/asana/ɐ.ˈza.nɐ/asana
/ˈwi.sa/guisa/ˈgi.sa/guisa/ˈgi.zɐ/guisa, manner
/gwi.ˈsaɾ/guisar/gi.ˈsaɾ/guisar/gi.ˈzaɾ/to cook, stew
/ma.ˈsa.la/masala/ma.ˈsa.la/masala/mɐ.ˈza.lɐ/masala, spice mix
/o.ˈma.ka.se/omakase/o.ˈma.ka.se/omakase/u.ˈma.kɐ.zɨ/omakase, chef's tasting menu
/sann.ˈja.sin/sannyasin/san.ˈja.sin/sannyasin/sɐn.ˈja.zĩ/sannyasin, Hindu renunciant
/sa.ˈmo.sa/samosa/sa.ˈmo.sa/samosa/sɐ.ˈmɔ.zɐ/samosa, fried pastry
/ˈʃa.mi.sen/shamisen/ʃa.ˈmi.sen/shamisen/ʃɐ.mi.ˈzẽ/shamisen, Japanese 3-stringed instrument
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.