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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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1788852024-07-12T01:51:41Z The Tibetan noun final -s Denwood, Philip School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Arts and Humanities 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". Published version 2024-07-12T01:51:40Z 2024-07-12T01:51:40Z 1986 Journal Article Denwood, P. (1986). The Tibetan noun final -s. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 9(1), 97-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.9.1.09 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178885 10.32655/LTBA.9.1.09 1 9 97 101 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1986 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
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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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