A Refactoring of Spanish & Portuguese · companion data
Companion / Part 6 / 6.4.1
Section 6.4.1

The *-ia* / *-io* / *-ario* suffixes: ja → ja & jɐ; jo → jo & ju

ja → ja & jɐ

15 cognate pairs · click a row for its historical trace

CCASpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
/ˈajk.ja/aikya/ˈajk.ja/aikya/ˈaj.k/aikya, unity
/ˈpun.ja/punya/ˈpun.ja/punya/ˈpu.n/punya, spiritual merit
/ˈsat.ja/satya/ˈsat.ja/satya/ˈsa.t/satya, Hindu truth
/ˈsur.ja/surya/ˈsuɾ.ja/surya/ˈsu.ɾ/Surya, Hindu sun god
/ˈvid.ja/vidya/ˈbid.ja/vidya/ˈvi.d/vidya, knowledge
ja.taj/yatai/ja.ˈtaj/yatai/.ˈtaj/yatai, food cart
ja.ma.to/yamato/ja.ˈma.to/yamato/.ˈma.tu/Yamato, ancient name for Japan
/vaj.ˈrag.ja/vairagya/baj.ˈɾag.ja/vairagya/vɐj.ˈɾa.g/vairagya, dispassion
/ˈsaŋk.ja/sankhya/ˈsaŋk.ja/sankhya/ˈsɐ̃.k/Samkhya, Hindu philosophical school

jo → jo & ju

10 cognate pairs · click a row for its historical trace

CCASpanishES IPAPortuguesePT IPAEnglish
/jo.ˈko.zu.na/yokozuna/jo.ko.ˈsu.na/yokozuna/ju.kɔ.ˈzu.nɐ/yokozuna, sumo grand champion
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.