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[Y-Indology] Past participles and retroflexion

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At 12:26 pm +0000 27/1/04, wtsdv wrote:

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>The h in guh-, mih-, muh-, rih-, ruh-, lih-, vah- and

>sah- goes back to a P.I.E. palatovelar aspirate. The h

>in dah-, dih-, duh-, and druh- goes back to a P.I.E. plain

>velar or labiovelar aspirate. I don't know about nah- or

>muh-. They must be irregular.

 

Doesn't nah- go back to a different original aspirate as well? After

all, we find the equivalent change not only in other parts of the

verb, but in a noun derived from it, upAnah, nom. sg. upAnat, shoe.

Or did this happen by analogy with the participle?

 

In my earlier posting on this thread, I wrote 'spirant' when I meant

'sibilant'. Apologies for any (extra) confusion caused.

 

Valerie J Roebuck

Manchester, UK

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First many thanks to everyone for the linguistic information on the past

participles.

 

1. I have Burrows, The Sanskrit Language 1st edition. Does this differ

significantly from the 2nd edition?

 

2. I have M. S. Murti's An Introduction to Sanskrit Linguistics. Is this in

general sound.

 

3. I understand that Beekes has a book on Avestan. Is this structured in a

way that would be useful for comparative linguistics to Sanskrit.

 

Thanks,

Harry

 

Harry Spier

371 Brickman Rd.

Hurleyville, New York

USA 12747

 

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