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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:
> Kh.
>
> s pl
>
> 1 awà ispà
> 2 tù pisà
> 3near (ha)yà (ha)mìt
> 3near (ha)mò (ha)mìtan (obl.)
> 3far hès hèt
> 3unseen (ha)sè (ha)tèt
The Khowar verb endings:
s pl
1 -m -si / -m
2 -s / -u -mi
3 -r / -i -ni
might indicate confusion/exchange in 1/2 pl (understandable if both once *ispa) but
another possibility is:
*-masi > *-msi > *-nsi > -si
*-tana: > *-tna: > *-tma > -mi (-i < other verb end.)
More about various etymologies at:
http://users.sedona.net/~strand/IndoAryan/Chitral/Khow/KhowLanguage/Lexicon/Khowa
r.html