Re: another odd form

Dear Ole,

Another solution could be that the 'para' portion is the prefix
'paraa' with shortening of final 'aa' before the conjunct -tth-. The
'upa' in 'upatthaddho' can then be taken as a synonym of 'paraa' in
the sense of 'bhusa' (strong) and this is supported by Abh 1154 (for
paraa) and Abh 1185 (for upa) which both have 'bhusattha'. Both
prefixes are functioning as intensifiers. So 'paratthaddho' (Skt.
paraastabdha.h) and 'upatthaddho' can both have the same meaning of
'strongly supported'.

Glossing 'paraa' with 'upa' is a concise and precise way of indicating
which of several meanings of 'paraa' applies.

Best wishes,
Jim

> Ja VI 181 records the odd form paratthaddho. It is evidently a past
> participle, tthaddho being equivalent to Sanskrit stabdha. The
etymology of
> para, however, seems to defy any attempt at identification. The
> commentator's gloss suggests that paratthaddho is equivalent to
upatthaddho.
> This must be correct. But how did the reading paratthaddho
originate? /pa/
> is undoubtedly part of the original preposition /upa/. However,
there seems
> to be no etymological justification for /ra/. I would like to
suggest that
> /r/ and /a/ are glides. Originally the /u/ of /upa/ was dropped for
> prosodical reasons, and speakers inserted compensatory glides. /r/
is a
> highly frequent glide in Ja, occuring in intervocalic position.
According to
> my calculations is represnts one third of all glides in Ja V /m/
> representing two thirds of the occurrencies. Since Pali disallows
the
> cluster /rtth/ a vocalic on-glide /a/. The use of the on-glide /a/
as a
> verbal on-glide has been misinterpreted as an inflectional item. For
> instance apucchasi Sn 1051has been taken as an aorist with the
inflection of
> the present. However, it is a regular present form introduced by the
> on-glide /a/.
>
> Ole Pind


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