Dear Yong Peng,
Than you.
Op 3-okt-2010, om 17:12 heeft Ong Yong Peng het volgende geschreven:

> (g) Some roots have more than one passive base:
>
> * gamU: gamiiyati, gacchiiyati
> * pacA: paciiyati, paccati
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N: I did not get this completely: more than one passive base.
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> Examples. Group 14
>
> 1. "Tasmi.m kho pana, braahma.na, ya~n~ne, n'eva gaavo ha~n~ni.msu,
> na aje.lakaa ha~n~ni.msu... na rukkhaa chijji.msu yuupathaaya, na
> dabbaa luuyi.msu barihisatthaaya."
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N: This is from Diigha Nikaaya, I, 141.
And further, at that sacrifice, O Brahman, neither were oxen slain,
neither goats, ...
No trees were cut down to be used as sacrifical posts, no dabba
grasses were mown to be used as kusa grass (to be strewn around)..

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Attha: profit, meaning. Atthaaya: for the sake of, to be used as.
(yuupathaaya should be: yuupatthaaya).

> barihisa: kusa grass.

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Nina.




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