Meanings
- alternativedatedAlternative form of first person.
In H. singular Ist person form is different from the rest and in plural the IInd person form is different from the rest of the forms.
1974, Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, volume 34, page 352 more examples
Most writers on this subject conclude that the notions Ist person, IInd person and IIIrd person are semantic primes, ie.., cannot be further broken down into other semantic components.
1970, Journal of Tamil Studies, volume 2, number 2Plural suffixes may be optionally added after the Ist person exclusive ƞə—z̆e, Ist person inclusive ƞə—təƞ, and IInd person non-honorific khyo—z̆e and honorific ñe—z̆e.
1979, Ladakhi grammar, →ISBN, page 104
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