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2) OJR 8.123
Pituhun pwa târi sawuwusku yukti ya
apa tan waneh kita siwinku kāsiha
kalawan huripta saphala n parery aku
Raghuputra kingkingĕn apang guṇā nikā
Pay heed, little sister, for all that I say is fitting,
For there are none beside you whom I will love and respect,
While your life will be rewarded if you come over to me,
What is the point of longing for Rama, scion of Raghu?
Discussion:
s-in-iwi-ӗn-(ku) UV2“honor, respect-IRR-pro1 “(only you) will be respected
(by) me” 15
As in the case of temun-ta of OJR 5.63 (not included in this data set) an analysis based on the
reduction of the irrealis marker -ӗn to an allomorph –n following vowel-final basis is possible
Here I read the –n of siwin as an allomorph of the irrealis marker –ӗn. I think it is clear that
the phonologically weak schwa (–ӗ) of the irrealis marker –ӗn has fused with the final vowel
of siwi with the result that only –n remains as irrealis marker. This supports the analysis of
temu-n in OJR 5.163 as an irrealis form of temu.
Oglobin (2005:7a) corroborates –n as an allomorph of –ӗn used with vowel-final bases, and
varying with –nӗn, where ligature-n is inserted to disambiguate base and suffix. 16 Oglobin
says the following:
Bila akar kata berakhir vokal, sufiks ӗn vokalnya hilang atau berupa varian –nӗn: tiru
‘tiru’ > tiru-n, tiru-nӗn... Sufiks ini terutama dipakai pada verba akar, terutama yang
transitif.
ka-(a)sih-a UV1-affection-IRR “(you alone) will be loved”
k-in-ingking-ӗn [See data set 8 following, OJR 24.45]
3) OJR 8.134
Parameśwarâtiśaya śakti ring jagat
tuwi dadya sang Raghusutomapag sira
kimuta ng surâsura manuṣya rākṣasa
15 Note that the doubled irrealis marker with pro1 does not occur here. It is probable that the duplicated form
does not appear with –ӗn irrealis forms. See further examples to follow.
16 The existence of the two allomorphs may respond to the mterical needs of the kakawin, but this should be
checked against material from the Parwa literature.
T. Hunter, ISLOJ <strong>Working</strong> <strong>Paper</strong>, 29 May 09, page 12