Kanauri am 'path'

The Kanauri and Almora dialects in the Western Himalayas employ a word am (or am in D. D. Sharma's recent publications) for `path', which looks so close to general TB and WT lam `path',1 but for the missing initial 1-, that R. Shafer has suspected a genetic link, but could not explain...

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Main Author: Schuessler, Axel
Other Authors: Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178086
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description The Kanauri and Almora dialects in the Western Himalayas employ a word am (or am in D. D. Sharma's recent publications) for `path', which looks so close to general TB and WT lam `path',1 but for the missing initial 1-, that R. Shafer has suspected a genetic link, but could not explain the phonological relationship (Shafer 1974:141). The Kanauri form is apparently not mentioned in Benedict 1972. There are more Kanauri words without the expected I-.
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spelling ntu-10356/1780862024-06-07T07:02:10Z Kanauri am 'path' Schuessler, Axel Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa Arts and Humanities The Kanauri and Almora dialects in the Western Himalayas employ a word am (or am in D. D. Sharma's recent publications) for `path', which looks so close to general TB and WT lam `path',1 but for the missing initial 1-, that R. Shafer has suspected a genetic link, but could not explain the phonological relationship (Shafer 1974:141). The Kanauri form is apparently not mentioned in Benedict 1972. There are more Kanauri words without the expected I-. Published version 2024-06-07T07:02:10Z 2024-06-07T07:02:10Z 1999 Journal Article Schuessler, A. (1999). Kanauri am 'path'. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 22(2), 73-75. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.22.2.05 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178086 10.32655/LTBA.22.2.05 2 22 73 75 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1999 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf
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Kanauri am 'path'
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title_short Kanauri am 'path'
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