privative a with finite verb

[Herman Tull]

Speijer's Syntax sect. 404, cites a vaart. On P. 6, 3, 73 that allows "a" on
the finite verb, if it expresses blame, as apacasi tvam jaalma "you
miscook"; Vasu's translation of this is "The na of nan is elided before a
verb also when reproach is meant" (and cites the example already quoted in
Speijer).

Herman Tull

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Subject: Re: privative a with finite verb

Jonathan,

In fact, Whitney §1121b gives two examples:
asp.rhayanti (BhP. & "Si"s) and alokayati (SD).
But I cannot check them immediately.

Lance

>Friends,
>
>I have the impression that I have seen, in Buddhist texts at least,
>privative a affixed to finite verbs (but my memory gets worse and worse,
and
>maybe I'm imagining this...). Now I have a passage which may need
>emendation, or perhaps not, if it can be demonstrated that such forms
exist,
>whether Paninian or not. (This may even be discussed in Wackernagel, for
>instance, but I'm not sure I  would even know how to look for it...). Any
>advice will be much appreciated!
>
>JAS