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________________ AUGUST, 1909.) A PRIMER OP DRAVIDIAN PHONOLOGY. 211 first árus 5. In Malayalam Primitive Dravidian r is faithfully preserved, bnt rr though written as such, is pronounced only as tt, and Tamil nr regularly becomes anu; e. g. : Tamil: kantu (call) + Malay. kannu. Tamil: onru (one) + Malay. Onmu. Tamil : panri (pig) + Malay. panni. Tamil: únru (fix) + Malay. únnu. 6. In Canarese, too, Primitive Dravidian is preserved, as in arivu knowledge,' karu call.' Batr + rowel + consonant often becomes + consonant, e. g., arat to cry' becomes artsu. In New Canareso as in New Tamil and Telugu, the distinction between and is fast vanishing; and it is not infrequently represented by a double . 7. In Telugu it is preserved in the old dialect and is found often in the New dinlect. But the tendency in New Telugu is to replace it by r. (a) ? remains : Tamil Telugu. réru vēru (other). Síru (hiss). ciru tsiru (small). éru (river). tira teratsu (open). mdru máru (chan... biru dru (six). sirai Sera (prison). (b) In some words r . Tamil: varai (hill) is Tel. vara. Tamil : teritai.woman' is Tel, terava. Tamil : téru ear'is Tel. téru. Tamil: erupai "blood' is Tel. erupu. Tamil: tari.cat'is Tel. tariyu. Tamil: tiru (finish) is Tel. tiru. (0) + vowel + voiceless consonant becomes r + consonant. drut Su Artsu to cry'. mdrutsu wdrtju to change'. kurutsu kůrtsu to sit'. párurfu perts to look '. terutsu tértfu to clear'. Note--C. P. Brown uniformly uses r, for both ? and r in his Dictionary. (a), of tSiru and kuru (small) changes into 4 in Sandhi : tiru + eluka = tfitteluks, small rat.'; kuşu + usuru = kattu saru'small life'.
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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