Abstract
This article proposes an etymology for the common Sabaic word brá 'place', namely, via derivation from the nominalised prepositional phrase br 'place', with two phonological shifts at play: (a) elision of the intervocalic glottal stop, and (b) metathesis of /t / and /r/.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 317-335 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Journal of Semitic Studies |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2022 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cultural Studies
- Language and Linguistics
- History
- Religious studies
- Linguistics and Language
- Literature and Literary Theory