田夫

[Nathan Hill]

Dear Tibeto-Burmanists,

I am thinking about the Tibetan noun suffix -pa and its relationship
to Chinese 夫 (in words like 田夫, zhing-pa). Can anyone recommend a good
discussion of 夫, with examples and text citations?

much obliged,
Nathan

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Dr Nathan W. Hill
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Linguistics
Senior Lector in Tibetan, Department of China & Inner Asia (on leave)
School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London
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