The Tibetan noun final -s
The hypothesis to be discussed in this paper is that final -s of some written Tibetan nouns is the relic of a "collective" ending, no longer productive at the time of the earliest known Tibetan texts. The main evidence for the original meaning of the ending is the existence of a series of...
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2024
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
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| Summary: | The hypothesis to be discussed in this paper is that final -s of some written Tibetan nouns is the relic of a "collective" ending, no longer productive at the time of the earliest known Tibetan texts. The main evidence for the original meaning of the ending is the existence of a series of doublets, each comprising a member with, and a member without the final -s. In most cases, the member without the -s includes the meaning "part", "piece", "individual", "unit", or "whole one"; while the member with the -s includes a meaning like "series", "set" or "totality". |
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