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JENE, 1909.]
A PRIMER OF DRAVIDIAN PHONOLOGY.
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(3) Pr. Drav. final i remains in all the languages.
Tamil.
Mal.
Can.
Tulu.
Telugu,
addi.
atti ...
... ... edại
atti... ... katti .... tati...
paratti
adời (delay) ... 2 atti (fig)... ... 3 katti (knife) ... 4 tatti (screen) ... 5 parutti (cotton) .... 6 y'evi (car) ..
... addi ...atti... ..katti
... sdại ...
katti
tatti ...patti
... katti.
tatti
parti ... kibi...
...patti ... tsevi
treri
kibi...
(4) i se (by a - umlaut ).
i before cerebals and liquids and followed by a becomes e in Classical Canarese, Tuļu and Telugu and also in New Tamil and New Malayalam.
Tamil.
Mal.
Can.
Talu.
Teluga.
ida
eda. edamu.
...
idæ
s
iņa
ine
ena.
iravu
erava
erayu
...eravu.
idam (place) ... idada (left) ... inai (couple) iraval (borrowing) iranga (descend) ilai (leaf). ... iļai (thread) ... iļam (young) ...
iranna
eragu
eraguru
...
eragu.
(6) Special developments of e.
(@) Canarese.
(a) iya si (1) as in the accusative singular; (2) in the genitive singular; () in the locative singular; (4) in the infinitive; (5) in the nominative plural.
The examples respectively are
binni talkonda; gali sodar; hadili irs biru; ôragittéru (vids Kittel's Kannada Grammar, page 204).
