Re: The palatal sham :) (Re: [tied] Re: Albanian (1))

From: P&G
Message: 30373
Date: 2004-01-31

>a:-yunak(t)
>
>Just curious: what's the difference between RV I,163,2 a:yunak "he yoked",
>from yuj-, and RV III,50,2 (á: ... yunajmi "I yoke") and RV V,58,7
>(a:yuyujré: "they have yoked") from a:-yuj-?

The padapa:t.ha treats it as an ordinary imperfect with (short) a- augment.
The samhita a:- is either the prefix a:- = "to", which is boring, or a
lengthened augment, which would be interesting. Hence the survival of a
question.

Peter