[Tlhingan-hol] Eurotalk - New Words - Countries

[Steven Boozer]

>> Russia - raSya'

Qov:
> I was disappointed with this one. It sounds based on the English, not
> the Russian.

I too would have preferred *{ruS} (cf. ancient *Rus'* /ROOS/) or *{rusya'} (from *russkiy* /ROOS-skee/), but {raSya'} isn't that far off from Russian *Rossiya* /rah-SEE-ya/ or *rossiyskiy* /rah-SEE-skee/ (except for omitting the stressed 2nd syllable).


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