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4 | The same linguistic form |
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2 +1 | the same particle / the particle with the same function |
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3 | semanteme |
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The same linguistic form Explanation: The sentence can be translated as "If we look in this way, the prefix / suffix čuŋ for the noun and the prefix / suffix čuŋ for the adjective also, may be said to have the same linguistic form." Reference: http://translate.weblio.jp/ |
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the same particle / the particle with the same function Explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_particle Please see the sections on nouns and adjectives in the link below: http://www.oocities.org/tibetanlanguage/Tibetan_language.pdf The document below lists 14 types of particles in 5.4. http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic464661.files/Less... Depending on the context, the term may mean "the particle with the same function." Apparently, they "look" the same. So, what the author wants to say may be that they have the same function. (Since I don't know Tibetan, it's just my guess. ) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2015-04-14 13:05:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The above suggestion was made assuming the word doesn't conjugate. If it does, maybe it means "the same inflectional form" or "the same declension." |
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semanteme Explanation: You might like to consider this term, if it serves your interpretation, but it's a far cry from what the Japanese term used here normally denotes. "Semanteme definition : one of the minimum elements of lexical meaning in a language." Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/semanteme |
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