Hello all,

I have posted the Dvanda and Digu compound sections together because
they are both quite short, and simple, and will be mutually helpful I
think.

Metta,

Alan
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4) Dvanda Compounds:

Dvanda compounds are two nouns that are added together with no added
meaning due to the compounding.

Examples in English:

Sixty-seven: sixty+seven (not) sixty 7's
Bitter-sweet: Bitter+sweet


Examples in Paa.li:

Candimasuriyaa: the sun and the moon
Sama.nabraahmanaa: Samanas and Brahmins



5) Digu Compounds:

Digu compounds begin with a number and are followed by a noun.

Examples in English:

Four-score
Ten-pence
Two-ply

In these compounds, the numbers are telling us literally how many of
the nouns are involved. In the case of "four-score" we have four
scores, with a score being twenty of something (often years), and so
the term designating 80 years. In the second case we have the term
describing how many single pence there are; "ten."

Examples in Paa.li:

Tiloka.m: the three worlds
Catusacca.m: the four truths
Navasata.m: nine-hundred = 9 multiplied by 100, (not) 9+100 =109.