Some Tibetan verb forms that violate Dempsey’s law

Hill, Nathan W.

Abstract

According to Dempsey's law (*-eṅ > iṅ, *-eg > -ig) there should be no inherited Tibetan words that end in the rimes -eṅ and -eg. Although some words of this type exist, a number of these may be explained as analogical developments.

Citation

Hill, N. W. (2014). Some Tibetan verb forms that violate Dempsey’s law. Revue d'études tibétaines, 29, 91-101

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Apr 17, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 12, 2025
• Journal: Revue d'études Tibétaines
• Electronic ISSN: 1768-2959
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Pages: 91-101
• Publisher URL: http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ret/pdf/ret_29_05.pdf
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