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ruki

ruki noun: a sound change that took place in the satem branches of the Indo-European language family, and according to which an original *s changed to *š after the consonants *r, *k, *g, *gʰ and the semi-vowels *w (*u̯) and *y (*i̯).

Noun

ruki (uncountable)

  1. A sound change that took place in the satem branches of the Indo-European language family, and according to which an original *s changed to *š after the consonants *r, *k, *g, *gʰ and the semi-vowels *w (*u̯) and *y (*i̯).

Origin of ruki

From the sounds (r, u̯, K, i̯) which triggered the change. The law is stated as a mnemonic rule because the word руки (ruki) means “hands” in Russian.

Questions about ruki

What does ruki mean?
Ruki means a sound change that took place in the satem branches of the Indo-European language family, and according to which an original *s changed to *š after the consonants *r, *k, *g, *gʰ and the semi-vowels *w (*u̯) and *y (*i̯).
What part of speech is ruki?
Ruki is a noun.

Words near ruki in the dictionary

  1. Rukbat
  2. Rukenvale
  3. rukh
  4. Rukhnama
  5. rukhs
  6. ruki
  7. rukia
  8. rukias
  9. Rukiga
  10. Rukmini
  11. ruku'

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