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chār-ā 'bilious belches chārod-ā ibid. tār-oʻstar'
tārod-iy-o ibid. thāk 'fatigue'
thākod-o ibid. dhāp, dhāp-o 'bluff
dhāpod-o ibid. dhār 'line of downpouring dhārod-i, dhārod-o ibid,
fluid bath, bāth 'folding within arms' bathod-ā, bāthod
iyâ(with bharva 'struggling and
grappling'. bhāțhu 'shoal’ ‘sandbank' bhāthod-u ibid. bhāl-oʻlance'
bhālod-u 'arrow-head'. māti ‘earth'
matod-i ibid, matod-u, dirt
and refuse' māth-ñ 'head'
māthod-ù "head-deep (as a
depth measure). rākh · ashes'
rākhod-i, rekhod-o ibid.' lit-oʻline'
litod-o litod-o ibid.
Even if we grant the possibility of diverse origins for the -od- constituent of the above listed words, derivation from MIA. pejorative-pleonastic suffix -oda- (-odaa-) for a large number of them cannot be denied.
7. Origin of MIA. -oda
Such diminutive-pleonastic suffixes are known to have a complex origin and development. They originate in independent elements or through the segregation of the end portion of a word interpreted as a constituent i.e. metanalysis with reinterpretation, it spreads to analogous environments.
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