Am 10.12.2016 um 18:29 schrieb Felix Malmenbeck:
What I mean is, when appended to a word that end with a consonant, does that consonant stay part of the stem (CVC-oy) or does it "transfer" to the new syllable containing -oy (CV-Coy)?
Here we are only concerning the spoken sound I think. The point is, that if -oy is pronounced separate from the consonant, you must make a short break, a short stop - hence some kind of a glottal stop. One cannot say [CVC-oy] without getting [CVC-'oy] Compare {patoy} [PA-TOY] and {pat'oy} [PAT-OY]
The va-VOY example - while, as you say, at least one step removed from Okrand's own mouth -
Keep in mind its background, being a mispronunciation of {vavwI'}
If you call your sweetkins {burghoy}, do you pronounce it bur-GHOY, BUR-ghoy, BURGH-oy or burgh-OY?
When I say that, it's mostly BUR-ghoy. Indeed confirming what you said, but also because the reson I wrote above in the first line. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net