Intensive Reduplication

[Patrick C. Ryan]

Dear Peter and IEists:

 ----- Original Message -----
From: petegray <petegray at btinternet.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 1999 2:38 PM

> Some of these insert an -i- between the two occurrences of the root, e.g.
> (sam)jari:harti "destroys repeatedly" (Note again the "j" showing an IE -e-
> vowel).  A second example is the form which provoked this discussion.  The
> presence or absence of this -i- (or -i:-) has no justification within Skt and
> appears random - until we recognise that it is present in roots with an
> initial laryngeal.

I understand how you would like to interpret the -i- of the reduplicated
form (as the residue of a laryngeal) but aside from this, is there any
evidence in the *un*reduplicated form of your postulated initial laryngeal?

Pat

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