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A PRIMER OF DRAVIDIAN PHONOLOGY.
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(6) ! 1 in Teluga). Tamil
Telugu. talir (bud) taliru. té! (scorpion) tél. tulai (hole) tola. (u!umbu (move) dulupu. meli (twist) neli. kalu (toddy) kellu.
ru (knife) odlu. (c)! (common).
Tamil : nd[ day'is Telugu nadı. Tamil : lalai. weel'is Telugn gadalsu.
Can. gólweep' is Telugu gódul. (d) I n (sometimes).
Tamil : kulito get'is Telugu konu.
Tamil : tulukla to stir' is in Telugu botu, toluku, and Ionuku. (e) dla !Lu (in plural form)
nädlu has plural náļļu (days)
tâ ln has plural talļu (palm). (2) In Tamil, is preserved in all cases. But in some cases, especially in.
(a) Compounds ! Ud; e. g. nallal nattal friendship's nelippe nilippu (length). (b) Before a nasal ! n.
el (sesamum) is ennai (oil).
(o) Sometimes ! 7 independently til strong 'but tindol strong shoulder' til + (Compare the change of I n).
(3) In Tuļu ! is proserved; but is in some cases changed to l; in some cases both forms exist. In some few cases! I r . Tamil:
Tuļa.
ui
duto rule alai .butter-milk' al'measure uļi chisel... ulai (deer) kamu theft' kal.toddy' talsu (push) tullu (frisk) fé! (scorpion) puli (acidity) ... telji (winnow) ... to!ui (rope)
Kalaru leali ta!
kali tall 16 tullut
puli
telle tale
