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Friday, 29 May 2020 at 23:44

π˜‘€ [Β²e₃] (onomatopoeia; also Sanskrit transcription) is constructed from the left side of π˜‘  [Β²vor₁] 'calf' (young cow), the left side of π——™ [ΒΉeβ‚„] (genitive particle), and the right side of π˜—’ [Β²buβ‚„] 'to call' {π˜‘ π——™π˜—’π—‘Ό} babelstone.co.uk/Tangut/WenhaiL…


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Saturday, 30 May 2020 at 10:13

The first part of the definition in Sea of Writing literally incorporates the derivation of the character: π˜‘€π—«‚π˜‘ π——™π˜—’π—­ͺπ—™π˜Ÿ‚π—…‰π—†π—Ÿ²π—–½π˜‘€π˜˜₯ "[Β²e₃] is a sound used for the call of a calf; also said in the Sanskrit word [ΒΉe₃ Β²e₃]".


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Saturday, 30 May 2020 at 10:37

Tone sandhi with a 1-2 (level-rising) tonal pattern on reduplicated sounds is quite common in Tangut (π—ˆ©π—ˆ³ [ΒΉo₁ Β²o₁] is another Sanskrit example), but the tone is explicitly marked using separate characters, rather than using the same character with different tonal readings.


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