Disjunct/conjunct coinage?

[scott delancey]

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:18:04 -0400, Joyce McDonough <jmmcd at LING.ROCHESTER.EDU> wrote:
> A long standing problem. Victor?  That's where I get my best  
> information on such problems. He said it was from the notes of Sapir's  
> students.
> 
> They use also the terms in Tibetan.

Yes, but it's pure coincidence; it doesn't refer to the same thing, and originated
independently within Tibeto-Burman studies (first proposed by Austin Hale
in connection with Newar).

Scott DeLanceh