[INDOLOGY] iti in Sanskrit

Caley Smith smith.caley at gmail.com
Tue Nov 15 15:07:50 UTC 2022


Dear All,

On a related topic, does anyone know of recent work on quotative *uitī, *the
Avestan not-quite cognate of *iti* (via <*u-ti instead)?

Best,
Caley

On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 5:17 AM Jean-Luc Chevillard <
jean-luc.chevillard at univ-paris-diderot.fr> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> the 2004 paper of mine cited by Andrew is freely available online here
>
> https://books.openedition.org/ifp/7801
>
> « Ideophones in Tamil: a Historical Perspective on the X-eṉal
> expressives (Olikkuṟippu Āṟṟuppaṭai) »
>
> Best wishes
>
> அன்புடன்
>
> -- Jean-Luc
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>
>
> On 13/11/2022 22:32, Andrew Ollett via INDOLOGY wrote:
> > Since Matthew mentioned MIA, I suppose I can share this presentation on
> > clausal complements in Middle Indic, which also contains some
> > observations on the use of iti in Sanskrit (and eṉ- and its cognates in
> > Dravidian languages):
> >
> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/t6kq9y55x3oj6k8/presentation.pdf?dl=0
> > <https://www.dropbox.com/s/t6kq9y55x3oj6k8/presentation.pdf?dl=0>
> >
> > This is a talk I gave at Chicago in 2018. The work is still unpublished.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 3:26 PM Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan via INDOLOGY
> > <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
> wrote:
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> >     Indology list archive is a valuable repository of knowledge. But the
> >     lack of proper search facility makes the information as good as lost
> >     and we have to repeat questions/discussions that are already in the
> >     archive. See
> >     https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/2015-July/041594.html
> >     <https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/2015-July/041594.html>.
> If a good search feature is enabled, all the past discussions will become
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> >     Palaniappan____
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> >     *Reply-To: *"George L. HART" <glhart at berkeley.edu
> >     <mailto:glhart at berkeley.edu>>
> >     *Date: *Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 1:12 PM
> >     *To: *Indology List <indology at list.indology.info
> >     <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
> >     *Subject: *Re: [INDOLOGY] iti in Sanskrit____
> >
> >     __ __
> >
> >     V.S. Rajam’s book is an essential one for students of classical
> >     Tamil, covering syntax, meter, morphology, etc. What I meant is that
> >     to my knowledge no one has made a substantial study of every use of
> >     eṉ in Sangam literature. Such a study might include uses of iti in
> >     early Sanskrit. For example, in modern Tamil we often find ēṉ eṉṟāl,
> >     “If you ask why,” which corresponds exactly to Sanskrit "kuta iti
> >     cet.” One wonders how old this usage is in both languages. George
> >     Hart____
> >
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> >
> >     ____
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> >         On Nov 12, 2022, at 6:07 PM, rajam <rajam at earthlink.net
> >         <mailto:rajam at earthlink.net>> wrote:____
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> >         Dear List Members, ____
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> >         __ __
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> >         George Hart said: ____
> >
> >         __ __
> >
> >         /// I am sure many have noted that in Tamil, the word eṉ, which
> >         has equivalents in other Dravidian languages (an in Telugu, for
> >         example), is far more productive than Sanskrit iti. It occurs in
> >         various forms — adjective (eṉṉum), adverb (eṉṟu), noun (eṉpatu),
> >         finite verb (e.g. eṉkiṟārkaḷ), while in Sanskrit iti is only
> >         adverbial. It would be interesting to analyze the uses of eṉ in
> >         Sangam literature — I’m not sure anyone has done this. /// ____
> >
> >         __ __
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> >         Just to kindle your memory … ____
> >
> >         __ __
> >
> >         Please look into my book “A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil
> >         Poetry, V.S. Rajam, American Philosophical Society, 1992” ____
> >
> >         __ __
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> >         Thanks and regards,____
> >
> >         V.S. Rajam ____
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> >         ____
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> >             On Nov 12, 2022, at 12:54 PM, George L. HART via INDOLOGY
> >             <indology at list.indology.info
> >             <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:____
> >
> >             __ __
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> >             I am sure many have noted that in Tamil, the word eṉ, which
> >             has equivalents in other Dravidian languages (an in Telugu,
> >             for example), is far more productive than Sanskrit iti. It
> >             occurs in various forms — adjective (eṉṉum), adverb (eṉṟu),
> >             noun (eṉpatu), finite verb (e.g. eṉkiṟārkaḷ), while in
> >             Sanskrit iti is only adverbial. It would be interesting to
> >             analyze the uses of eṉ in Sangam literature — I’m not sure
> >             anyone has done this. Of course, the use of this
> >             construction could be an areal phenomenon — it is not
> >             necessarily true that its presence in early Sanskrit is due
> >             to Dravidian, though I think it is highly likely, given its
> >             richness in Dravidian languages. George Hart____
> >
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> >             ____
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> >                 On Nov 12, 2022, at 1:08 PM, Tieken, H.J.H. (Herman) via
> >                 INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info
> >                 <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:____
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> >                 I do not know if the question was about /iti/as an areal
> >                 phenomenon. If so, see F.B.J. Kuiper, "The Genesis of a
> >                 Linguistic Area", IIJ 1968, where, if I remember well,
> >                 he compares Skt/iti/ with Tamil/eṉṟu/.____
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> >                 Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY
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> >                 *Verzonden:*zaterdag 12 november 2022 17:34
> >                 *Aan:*Olivelle, Joseph P <jpo at austin.utexas.edu
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> >                 *Onderwerp:*Re: [INDOLOGY] iti in Sanskrit____
> >
> >                 ____
> >
> >                 If I remember correctly, the possibility of the "iti"
> >                 constructions being an areal phenomena have been
> >                 discussed  for many decades. The best person to provide
> >                 information regarding this topic may be Hans Hock. I
> >                 will see if I can locate any of these older
> >                 publications.____
> >
> >
> >                 ____
> >
> >                 Madhav M. Deshpande____
> >
> >                 Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics____
> >
> >                 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA____
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> >                 Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies____
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> >                 Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced
> >                 Studies, Bangalore, India____
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> >                 [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]____
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> >                 On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 6:28 AM Olivelle, Joseph P via
> >                 INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info
> >                 <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:____
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> >                     See the many explanations of ‘iti’ in Gary Tubb and
> >                     Emery Boose’s book “Scholastic Sanskrit”.
> >
> >                     Patrick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >                     > On Nov 12, 2022, at 8:10 AM, Brendan S. Gillon,
> Prof. via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info
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> >                     > Dear colleagues,
> >                     >
> >                     > I am wondering if any of you know of articles on
> the use of `iti' in
> >                     > Sanskrit.
> >                     >
> >                     > Best wishes,
> >                     >
> >                     > Brendan
> >                     >
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