Re: [tied] Re: Let dogs have their day too

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 16105
Date: 2002-10-09

 
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From: Richard Wordingham
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Let dogs have their day too


> Actually, I may have overlooked another derivative of PIE k^wo:n!  Thai su22nak55 is spelt <sunakh>, but Sanskrit <s> and <s'> are, so I am told, often confused in Thai spelling.  (Is this a Pali feature?)  Is there a Sanskrit or Pali word such as s'unakh- or s'unakha?
 
Skt. s'unaka- 'dog (esp. a small one, doggie)', Pali sunakHa (the normal word for 'dog' in Pali). The merger of the sibilants is indeed a typical Middle Indo-Aryan feature.
 
Piotr