Tibetan grammar / by H. A. Jas̈chke.

  • Jäschke, H. A. (Heinrich August), 1817-1883.
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1883
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Credit: Tibetan grammar / by H. A. Jas̈chke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    if the word in the masculine (or rather common) gender has no article, &T is added: sen-ge ,lion‘, ,lioness4. 3. In most instances, by far, their only use is to distinguish different meanings of homonymous roots, e.g. (s)ton-pa (ton-pa) ,teacher4; (s)ton-mo (ton- mo_), ,feast4; (s)ton-Jca (ton-Ua) ,autumn4. Even this advantage, however, is given up, as soon as a composition takes place, and then the meaning can only be inferred from the context, or known from usage: (from ^Jdp£f) ,name feast4 (given on the occasion of naming or christening an infant); fi'i' (from fi'F’) , autumnal month4. In some instances the putting or omitting of these articles is optional; more frequently the usage varies in different provinces. 4. The peculiar nature of these affixes is most clearly shown by the manner in which they are connected with the indefinite article § 13. Note. The affixes ^5* are after vowels and after the consonants CT 01’ always pronounced wa and wo, instead of ha and bo\ thus, ka-wa ,difficult4; -\’*T re-wa ,hope4; gan-wa (gh°) ,tull4; zer-wa (ser-wa) ,to say4; nyal-wa ,hell4; jo-wo (jho- wo) ,lord, master4. 12. Difference of the Articles among each ether. 1. The usage of £J' R’ *T is the most general and widest of all,