Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in February, March, April and May, 1863, Volume 2C. Scribner, 1865 - 622 pages |
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Page 44
... became tiai ; and tu pa pau , a corpse , tia pa pau . So ha , four , having been changed to maha , the word aha , split , has been altered to amaha , and murihá , the name of a month , to muriáha . When the word ai was changed to amu ...
... became tiai ; and tu pa pau , a corpse , tia pa pau . So ha , four , having been changed to maha , the word aha , split , has been altered to amaha , and murihá , the name of a month , to muriáha . When the word ai was changed to amu ...
Page 46
... became the literary language of Italy , held very much the same position there as the so - called Prâkrit dialects in India ; and these Prâkrit dialects first assumed a literary position in the Sanskrit plays where female characters ...
... became the literary language of Italy , held very much the same position there as the so - called Prâkrit dialects in India ; and these Prâkrit dialects first assumed a literary position in the Sanskrit plays where female characters ...
Page 77
... became in time the name of cattle , and particularly of sheep . In San- skrit , sarit , meaning goer , from sar , to go , became the name of river ; sara , meaning the same , what runs or goes , was used for sap , but not for river ...
... became in time the name of cattle , and particularly of sheep . In San- skrit , sarit , meaning goer , from sar , to go , became the name of river ; sara , meaning the same , what runs or goes , was used for sap , but not for river ...
Page 90
... became for the first time acquainted with the idea of ele- 1 Τὰ δὲ αὐτὰ καὶ στοιχεῖα καλεῖται διὰ τὸ ἔχειν στοῖχόν τινα καὶ τάξιν . 2 The explanation here suggested of stoicheion is confirmed by some re- marks of Professor Pott , in the ...
... became for the first time acquainted with the idea of ele- 1 Τὰ δὲ αὐτὰ καὶ στοιχεῖα καλεῖται διὰ τὸ ἔχειν στοῖχόν τινα καὶ τάξιν . 2 The explanation here suggested of stoicheion is confirmed by some re- marks of Professor Pott , in the ...
Page 162
... became so afterwards . That they were hard , or pronounced with open glot- tis , we must gather from their original signs , such as ПIH , and from their reduplicated forms , ti - thēmi , ké- chyka , pé - phyka.1 It is more difficult to ...
... became so afterwards . That they were hard , or pronounced with open glot- tis , we must gather from their original signs , such as ПIH , and from their reduplicated forms , ti - thēmi , ké- chyka , pé - phyka.1 It is more difficult to ...
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