Thursday, 5 January 2012

Where or Where to?

Where or Where to?

ག་གཏད་?

In rDzong-kha, the national language of Bhutan, “where” or “where to” is usually spelt ga ti (or ga sti?check) but I wonder if it goes back to ga gtad with etymology of “in which direction or facing towards what.” See Jäschke 1881: s.v. gtad.

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