Peter Kirk wrote:
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So is it possible that LF^MOW and L:MOW are simply different forms of the same lemma, with a rather regular stress shift? It looks as if LF^MOW is the pausal form and L:MOW is a reduced form (cf. a construct) used mostly when phonologically dependent e.g. joined by maqqef.
They belong to two different lemmas: ...
The syllable MOW (in Arabic mâ MF( = Heb. MFH what) in K.FM^OWNIY (probably from K.:MFH ):ANIY, prop. according to what I, for as I) is, in poetry, appended to the three simple prefixes B.:,K.:, L:, even without suffixes, so that B.:MOW, K.:MOW, L:MOW appear as independent words, equivalent in meaning to B.:, K.:, L:.
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