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The Indefinite Pronoun in Indo-Iranian

By Sukumar Sen

Vol. 11 · No. 1March - 1935pp. 131–134English

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  • “In I.E. the interrogative had two allied hasic forms *qwo- and *gwe-(*qwi-).”
  • “In Indo-Aryan determinative (and possessive) compounds with an interrogative prounominal 1070 as the firat member generally carry a pejorative sense.”

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  1. Wackernagel, Altindische Grammatik: Bd. III, p. 502
  2. Wackernagel, Altindische Grammatik: (Ep. I, p. 84)
  3. Wackernagel, Altindische Grammatik: Bd. I, p. 821

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