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dvandva
Noun
Japanese Meaning
対等な要素が連結された合成語。つまり、個々の単語が本来同じ格で用いられ、接続詞「and」などで連結される形態の複合語を指す。
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(linguistics, lexicography) A copulative or coordinative type of compound in which members, if not compounded, would be in the same case and connected by the conjunction and. Common in languages such as Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese, but less so in English.
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In his lecture on morphology, he used dvandva to illustrate how two nouns can form a single coordinative unit without a conjunction.
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In his lecture on morphology, he used dvandva to illustrate how two nouns can form a single coordinative unit without a conjunction.
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