Dear Pali freinds,

This discussion is very interesting linguistically speaking. Syllabic and
rhythmic features are at work. Take the compound samanabraahmanaa in Pali.
This constitutes a 3+3 compound in terms of syllables. However, from a
rythmical point of view braahmanaa contains a long syllable + a short and a
long one, in other words the rythm is ...-.-, which determines which term
comes first in the compound.

Best,

Ole Pind


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Fra: Pali@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Pali@yahoogroups.com] På vegne af Gunnar
Gällmo
Sendt: 11. oktober 2005 18:36
Til: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Emne: SV: [Pali] Re: AN1.13.1-20 Ekapuggala Vagga (1/2)

--- rett <rett@...> skrev:

> A related idea that might be worth looking at is whether the later
> member tends to be longer (i.e.
> has more syllables) than the former member.

We have royal examples of that in Europe - "Juan Carlos" in Spain, but "Karl
Johan" in Scandinavia.

Gunnar


gunnargallmo@...


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