SV: odd word of the day

Hi Jim and Rett,

/ti/ > tv before eva well attested in MS.s. I do not doubt that it was
caused by the environment, cf. /v/ of eva. The only alternative treatment
would be t' eva (found in some MS.s) or c' eva. However, the articulatory
combination of palatal /c/ + labial /v/ would probably exclude that
possibility. The grammarian Moggallana mentions this type of sandhi,
probably for the fist time. I refer to it in my article "Pali and the Pali
Grammarians," published in the Lienhard Festschrift, Stockholm 1995.

Regards,

Ole Pind

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Emne: Re: [palistudy] odd word of the day

>
>
>I believe Aggava.msa has a rule that would account for the elision of
>/na/ in 'panna-lomo'. This is Sd 160: sutte sukhuccaara.nattham
>akkharalopo vipariitataa ca. ... I take it that your 'for the sake of
>economy' relates to 'sukhuccaara.nattha.m' (for the sake of pronouncing
>with ease).

Jim,

Thanks for the Sadd reference. That's an interesting section.

Did you see this one?:

samantapaasaadikaa iti eva > samantapaasaadikaa tv eva

This is only one of several where /-i/ goes to /-v/. I would have a lot of
trouble if I came across that change in a text. I'd automatically read tv as
tu (however). I wonder if there's something about the phonetic environment
that encourages that particular exchange there.

best regards,

/Rett



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