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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/30/2019 12:30 PM, Steven Boozer
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:DM5PR11MB0012DDBB2B9F3E8CD26D0D9DC1DC0@DM5PR11MB0012.namprd11.prod.outlook.com"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Noted.
But it still makes a good mnemonic. Any idea of the origin of
{ya}? It’s an unusual noun ending in a vowel and Okrand chose
not to use {to'} “tactics” to form *{to’pIn}.</span></blockquote>
<p>There were a lot more words that ended in vowels in the original
dictionary than we get today. I would guess it's just a random
syllable Okrand chose.</p>
<p>Why not <b>to'pIn?</b> Why not <b>DeghpIn?</b> I think Okrand
was intentionally <i>not</i> being systematic. It helps make the
language more closely resemble a natural language.<br>
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