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________________ JUNE, 1909.) A PRIMER OF DRAVIDIAN PHONOLOGY. 163 (2) Primitivo Dravidian medial a also remains : Tamil. Mal. I Can. Tala. Telaga. kal ... kallu. ... kalla ...kalla ..kannama ... kanna 2 1 kanna. kal (stone) kannam (hole) ... tatu (to tap) ... nahu (to laugh)... patta (ten) ... tattu ...tatta tatta. kannam tattu naya patta nagu, ... nagu hatta ... naga ... hatta padi. (8) Pr. Drav. final a in stem syllables becomes $(wi) (through so) in Tamil. * (written a) in Malayalam. se in Canarėse and Talo). 1. in Telugu. Tamil. Mal. Tulu. Tolugu. ... ... ...talo... tare... tala. 2 ... kare kare kars. mala male male malo. talai (head) ... karai (shore) malai (bill) atai (sole of the feet) arai (half) valai (net) ... 4 atte affe... atta. are ... ... vale... ... bale... bale... ... ala (4) Special development of a. (a) Canarose. (1) Can. initial asp (1)., and ha. In Canarese the initial a mostly becomes aspirated through the influence of Maratht. Then it was written as pa, for, at that period, was an aspirated consonant: (vide the development of p ander consonants). And this p again became h. For example: Tam, ahappai ladle' is in Can. hapo. Tam, adappambag'is in Can. hadapa. Tam. anai 'approach is in Can. pane and hane. Tam. atti.fig tree' is in Can, hatti.
SR No.032530
Book TitleIndian Antiquary Vol 38
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorRichard Carnac Temple
PublisherSwati Publications
Publication Year1984
Total Pages362
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size35 MB
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