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Sunday, 24 May 2020 at 11:15
𘎾 [¹khen₄] 'to give, to donate, to grant' is constructed from the left side of 𘏵 [²?a₃] 'to send away, to dispatch' and the right side of 𘓯 [¹khon₄] 'to give, to donate, to grant' {𘏵𘊱𘓯𗡼} babelstone.co.uk/Tangut/WenhaiL…
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Sunday, 24 May 2020 at 11:19
We have two synonyms 𘎾 [¹khen₄] and 𘓯 [¹khon₄] with vowel alternation, which are obviously reflexes of the same root. But what is the difference in meaning and/or usage between them? (not a rhetorical question)
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Sunday, 24 May 2020 at 11:30
Both 𘎾 [¹khen₄] and 𘓯 [¹khon₄] occur in literary texts, but the latter is far more common than the former:
Forest of Categories: 𘎾 (3), 𘓯 (25)
New Laws: 𘎾 (2), 𘓯 (69)
Proverbs: 𘎾 (0), 𘓯 (3)
Odes: 𘎾 (0), 𘓯 (4)