Query on the term *mistri*

[Peter J. Claus]

Thank you, Robert.  That would seem to settle it.

Peter


On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, Robert J. Zydenbos wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Peter J. Claus wrote:
>
> > Is it mEstrI  or mE.s.trI  (ie. retroflex 's' and 't')  and if not, why
> > not?
> >
> Exactly: because it is from the Portuguese and not from the English word.
> Had the original word been English, we would most probably have seen a
> retorflex 't', as is usual in such borrowings.
>
> RZ
>