Re: Q. [Pali] Re: Saddaniiti Chapter 1 (6)

Dear Jim and Mahinda,
Thank you for helping. Jim, I find all these examples very
difficult, but it will come later as we progress.
Mahinda, I was at first puzzled about desideratives, but found an
explanation in Warder, Ch 30 (p. 353). This may help others who wonder.
Nina.
Op 24-jun-2009, om 17:20 heeft Mahinda Palihawadana het volgende
geschreven:

> It amazes me that Aggavamsa gives three paccayas (in this case
> �infixes�
> rather than �suffixes�) to explain the formation of titikkhati,
> jigucchati
> and viima.msati. All three words are desideratives, and one would
> expect to
> find a single mechanism for the formation of the desiderative.

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