[tied] Re: Nominative: A hybrid view

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

>
> I have a near-minimal pair contrasting Sanskrit /yi/ and /i:/:
>
> akri:Ni:ma 'we bought' (imperfect, root kri:)
> ninyima 'we lead' (perfect, root ni:)
>
> How much better can we do? ( For starters, most other class
> IX verbs would be an improvement on kri:!)
>
> Richard.

Where do you find "ninyima"? My "A Vedic Grammar for Students"
gives "nini:má".

David