http://www.macedonians.com.au/forum/ Anything in relation to Macedonian Linguistics.. en Sat, 19 May 2012 16:29:35 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.macedonians.com.au/forum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.macedonians.com.au/forum/ http://www.macedonians.com.au/forum/showthread.php/12720-quot-despicable-quot-Greek-words-with-a-not-at-all-despicable-history!!!?goto=newpost Fri, 11 May 2012 21:22:34 GMT I would have never thought that στρουμπουλός is a word with homeric pedigree (στρόμβος) :cool::cool:!!!

The big and round rock that Aias throws to Hector ... is called ... a stròmbos !!!


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Again a tribute to Psycharis' wise words ... the trully diachronic Greek words preserve the classic pronunciation of the cluster μβ as
/(m)b/ (κουμπί/κόμπος, μπαμπάκι, στρουμπουλός, κολυμπήθρα) and νδ as /nd/ (άντρας, δέντρο) !!!


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