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Rule 06.
Review and Updating of Book-Candle definitions
Special Conjuncts: kin'si vowel-sign and repha
UKT 200909: Review and Updating of Book-Candle definitions: During my study I have come up with many findings which need to be confirmed by repeated observations. These are stored in Bk-Cndl index folder because I will need them oft and on. They are listed below to be revised, redefined, and for deletion if not found to be up to RBM standard:
- UKT 150413, 151223, 200909:
Row 1 - column 5,
{nga.}-akshara is present only in Asokan (square-shaped) and Bur-Myan (circularly-rounded). In Mon-Myan it has a hanging
{ra.} as
{gn~ra.} with the pronunciation
{gné}.
Listen to Mon-Myan pronunciation of row#1 aksharas Mon-row1<))Words and syllables beginning with
{kín:si:} in the coda, are very common in Bur-Myan and even in Néwari showing that it is probably common in Tib-Bur languages untainted by IE. Since Néwari is a Tibeto-Burman language, albeit under heavy influence of Indo-European Sanskrit, we should expect to see
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal_Bhasa 140511.¤ गोङ्ङ 'cock' -->
{gaung:nga.}
¤ फोङ्ङा 'pillow' -->{hpaung:nga}
¤ ल्होङ (= ल ् ह ो ङ) 'fat' -->{l~hau:nga.}
vs. गाइसी 'thin' -->{ga-I.þi}
¤ ङा 'fish' :
{kïn~si:}-sign
Kin'si
{king:si:}- n. ortho. miniature symbol of devowelized ngaThe Kin'si-sign may be accompanied by other vowel signs: e.g. Bur:
{ aïn~kyi} 'shirt, blouse'.
Note how g has been eliminated by changing the peak vowel from i to ï / í
Because of confusion between ï / í , Romabama has to adopt a convention for nasal codas given on the right.
Compare the way in which the two words
{hsín-kûn:} and
{þïn~kûn:} are written. The first is written
horizontally, but the second with the
{kín:si:} {king:si:} (literally:
"centipede-ridden") sign
{kïn~}.
There are two cues in Romabama to show that a
Kin'si sign is involved: use of
umlaut over the peak vowel e.g. ï (Alt0239)
and ~. The
{kín:si:} {king:si:} is actually not
a conjoined sign and may be written
horizontally. It is usually found in
words derived from Pali and Sanskrit,
e.g.:
Skt: कुङ्कुम [kuṅ-kum-a] n. saffron (a kind of crocus) - Mac069c1
Skt: कुङ्कुमत «kuṅkumati» f., सामान्य कुङ्कुम «sāmānya kuṅkuma» m. saffron Crocus sativus -- SpkSkt
Pal:{koän~ku.ma.} n. saffron, Crocus Sativus - UHS PMD0323
Bur:{koän-ku.män} n. saffron, Crocus sativus - MED2006-024
Caution: There is an
{a.þût} that is not exactly a
{þ~þa.}, nor a vertical conjunct such as
{n~na.} &
{k~ka.}. Such an
{kywun~noap.} - MED2006-049
{yauk~kya:} - MED2006-384
In
{na.ngèý}
{na.}, and in
{ka.kri:}
{ka.}. Still, I am treating them as conjuncts with a ~ in between.
{ré-hpa.}
Sanskrit repha becomes a same-letter conjunct
in Pali, e.g. धर्म dharma
(= ध र ् म )
becomes धम्म dhamma
(= ध म ् म ).
This change will be represented as
{Dar~ma.} -->
{Dûm~ma.} . However, a killed
{ra.}-killed in the middle of a
polysyllable is not conveniently shown,
and Romabama has to use a {kïn~si:}-form:
{Dar~ma.}
¤ dharma: ध र ् म
--> धर्म
¤ spota: ष ् प र ् श ा ः
--> ष्पर
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