Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 61
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications
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APRIL, 1932)
WORD STRESS-ACCENT.
[ 142-145
Skr.
Ap. hástini, she elephant hátthini M. (with change of accent) hattin, but
H. etc., háthani. kúšalaḥ, prosperous
STs. OEH. kūsal(a). Sometimes, instead of lengthening the vowel, the consonant following is doubled, so as to make length by position. Thus kalahah, strife
sTs. B. (Bh.) kállah. nádi, & river
H. EH. B. náddi. 142. On the other hand the accent has a tendency to shorten a preceding long vowel (cf. Pr. Gr., $ 81); e.g., Skr. ágáram or agáram, a house; Skr, drikúpyah or akúpyah (for ai kúpyah), very base; so in IAV.Skr.
Ap. kāsisam, green vitriol k āsísu H. kasts. dèválayah, temple
dēválai P. devála. So M. bhík(a), begging, brikári, G. bhikhari, & boggar; M. kámla), work, kamáu, that which earns. Again, M. kănás(a) (Te), to an ear, in which the first ă is written long, but is pronounced short like the a in the Italian băllo. So also M. bhik(a), dat. bhikes(a); pik(a), a ripe crop, dat. pikás(a); hatla), a hand, dat, hátás(a) as in kínás(a) (Bhn., 137).
143. When a word begins with two long syllables, the second of which has the stress-accent, the secondary accent on the first syllable often attracts the first acoent to itself, and the syllable which would ordinarily bear the stress-accent is sbortened. Thus, Skr. ànita becomes in Ap. ánia ; Skr. pāniya, Ap. pániya ; Skr. kàlyána, Ap. kálhana, N. Pr. (Stein, Räjatarangini Tr. I, 13, n. 18), and so on. SoSkr.
Ap. děválayah, temple
H. déval, M. déval. käyásthah, a man of the kriyátthu B. káyath.
writer caste vātúlakah, mad
vāúlaü M. bávala, B. báurā, S. bá viro. 144. This even happens when the first syllable is short ; e.g., Skr. attka, false, Ap. aliya ; Skr. mådhuka, name of a tree, Ap. máhrt ; 80
Skr. firisah, a kind of tree sirisu
H. siris. dritiya kah, second
dútiyaii H. dutigã. gàbhirakah, deep
gáhirü H. gúhirā. bàlivárda), a bullock
IAV. búil or báil. sambandhi, a co-father-in-law ..
H. sám"dhi (through *sámbădhi, $ 275). 145. In Sanskrit and Prakrit there was also a secondary accent on the penultimate of a word. Thus, in kútilata tho a in the penultimate has more accent than the i in the antepenultimate. Sometimes this secondary accent was so strongly felt that it swallowed up the main stress-accent, and itself became the main accent, with the usual result of lengthen. ing the accented syllable. Thus we have in Sk.. Accent not on penalu.
Accent on penult. jálpaka
or jalpáka, talkative. deviki, a goddess derikā, a queen. úlipin
or wūpin, a guinea-pig. karina
or kårira, the shoot of a bamboo. cartira
or vàrtira, a quail. rótulo
or våtúla, inflated.
Ap.
illu
