Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in ... 1861 [and 1863], Volume 1C. Scribner, 1869 |
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... Sanskrit we find màs for moon , and masa for month , both mas- 1 Kuhn's Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung , b . ix . s . 104 . 2 Horne Tooke , p . 27 , note . culine . Now this más in Sanskrit is clearly derived 16 EMPIRICAL ...
... Sanskrit we find màs for moon , and masa for month , both mas- 1 Kuhn's Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung , b . ix . s . 104 . 2 Horne Tooke , p . 27 , note . culine . Now this más in Sanskrit is clearly derived 16 EMPIRICAL ...
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... Sanskrit is clearly derived from a root má , to measure , to mete . In Sanskrit , I measure is mâ - mi ; thou measurest , mâ - si ; he measures , má - ti ( or mimi - te ) . An instrument of measuring is called in Sanskrit mâ - tram ...
... Sanskrit is clearly derived from a root má , to measure , to mete . In Sanskrit , I measure is mâ - mi ; thou measurest , mâ - si ; he measures , má - ti ( or mimi - te ) . An instrument of measuring is called in Sanskrit mâ - tram ...
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... Sanskrit ? We do not say two - ten in English , nor duo - decem in Latin , nor dvi - dasa in San- skrit . We find1 in Sanskrit vin'sati . in Greek eikati . in Latin viginti . in English twenty . Now here we see , first , that the Sanskrit ...
... Sanskrit ? We do not say two - ten in English , nor duo - decem in Latin , nor dvi - dasa in San- skrit . We find1 in Sanskrit vin'sati . in Greek eikati . in Latin viginti . in English twenty . Now here we see , first , that the Sanskrit ...
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... Sanskrit , Greek , and Latin . In Chinese there is neither too much , nor too little . The word speaks for itself , and requires no commentary . In Sanskrit , on the contrary , the most essential parts of the two component elements are ...
... Sanskrit , Greek , and Latin . In Chinese there is neither too much , nor too little . The word speaks for itself , and requires no commentary . In Sanskrit , on the contrary , the most essential parts of the two component elements are ...
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... Sanskrit dasa or da'sati , ten . Then consider how early this phonetic disease must have broken out . For in the same manner as vingt in French , veinte in Spanish , and venti in Italian presuppose the more primitive viginti which we ...
... Sanskrit dasa or da'sati , ten . Then consider how early this phonetic disease must have broken out . For in the same manner as vingt in French , veinte in Spanish , and venti in Italian presuppose the more primitive viginti which we ...
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