A Refactoring of Spanish & Portuguese · companion data
Companion / Part 6 / 6.32.2
Section 6.32.2

Arabic /zz/ → /θ/ & /z/

4 cognate pairs · click a row for its historical trace

CCASpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
/az.ˈzahr/azar/a.ˈθaɾ/azar/ɐ.ˈzaɾ/chance, hazard, luck
/az.ˈzajt/aceite/a.ˈθej.te/azeite/ɐ.ˈzej.tɨ/oil
/az.zu.ˈlajdʒ/azulejo/a.θu.ˈle.xo/azulejo/ɐ.zu.ˈle.ʒu/ceramic tile, glazed tile
/az.zaj.ˈtu.na/aceituna/a.θej.ˈtu.na/azeitona/ɐ.zej.ˈtɔ.nɐ/olive
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.