An old Tibetan variant for the word "fox"
In his comparative study, Sino-Tibetan: a Conspectus, P. K. Benedict reconstructs for Proto-Tibeto-Burman (PTB) a form *gwa "fox" (1972:34). In Written Tibetan (WT) this proto-form yields the word wa "fox." Benedict observes that in medial position his PTB *-wa- regularly gives T...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1793112024-07-26T03:01:23Z An old Tibetan variant for the word "fox" Coblin, W. South University of Iowa Arts and Humanities In his comparative study, Sino-Tibetan: a Conspectus, P. K. Benedict reconstructs for Proto-Tibeto-Burman (PTB) a form *gwa "fox" (1972:34). In Written Tibetan (WT) this proto-form yields the word wa "fox." Benedict observes that in medial position his PTB *-wa- regularly gives Tibetan -o-. It would therefore seem that it is only where *wa appears in absolute initial position in Tibetan that it essentially retains its PTB form. In principle this formulation is reasonable, though one wonders on general phonological grounds why rounding should have failed to take place here Published version 2024-07-26T03:01:23Z 2024-07-26T03:01:23Z 1994 Journal Article Coblin, W. S. (1994). An old Tibetan variant for the word "fox". Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 17(2), 117-119. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.17.2.07 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179311 10.32655/LTBA.17.2.07 2 17 117 119 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1994 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
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In his comparative study, Sino-Tibetan: a Conspectus, P. K. Benedict reconstructs for Proto-Tibeto-Burman (PTB) a form *gwa "fox" (1972:34). In Written Tibetan (WT) this proto-form yields the word wa "fox." Benedict observes that in medial position his PTB *-wa- regularly gives Tibetan -o-. It would therefore seem that it is only where *wa appears in absolute initial position in Tibetan that it essentially retains its PTB form. In principle this formulation is reasonable, though one wonders on general phonological grounds why rounding should have failed to take place here |
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