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JULY, 1911.3 A COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR OF DRAVIDIAN LANGUAGES
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adds:-" whilst each woman taken singly is treated by Telugu Grammar as a chattel or as a child, women taken collectively are regarded with as much respect as by the other Dravidian languages." The fallacy of this argument need not be pointed out, as it is patent to every reader.
7. i (Sanskrit feminine sumx). This i is the shortened form of Sanskrit feminine suffix i. As Caldwell says, it is used in the majority of cases in connection with Sanskrit derivatives. But it has also come to be affixed to some pure Dravidian nouns, e. g., Tamil, talaivan, a Lord; Tamil, talaivi, a lady'; Tamil and Malayalam, kilaran, old man ; kilavi, old woman ; Tamil, Malayalam, ka!!an, thief'; kalli, *a thievish woman.' Thus in Malayalam and Tamil, the i, feminine suffix, has been added to Dravidian words. But in Canarese and Telugu only Sanskrit feminine words such as devi, etc., end in i. Dr. Caldwell gives perdgi, a girl, in Goņdi, the masculine being perdgal.
8. du (Neuter singular sufix). Primitivo Dravidian neuter suffix was du. In Tamil, Malayalam and Canarese it is found in its original form. In Telugu it is di. In Gondi, Kolâmi, Naiki and Kurukh, Korvi and Kaikâdi, it is d. In Malto it is unvoiced and aspirated to th. In Kui, it is trilled to r, and becomes eri. In short in the North Dravidian languages it has had the same development as the feminine suffix. ads. 2 Pr. Drav, atta. . Before concluding our article on Dravidian Gender, it will be well, we think, to give a table of the demonstrative pronouns in the different Dravidian languages as they very faithfully illustrate the various gender suffices used in those languages :
No.
Languages.
She.
They (rational). They (irrational)
...
avan
... ava!
1 Tamil 2 Malayalam
Canarese
... ... ada ... ada
... avar ... ... avar ...
... avai.
ayan
...ava,
avanu
avaru
... aru.
Tuļu ...
Telugu
aru, akuļu ... aikuļu. varu ... ...avi.
Vâda
au
Gòndi ... Kui
ôn, ôr ... eañju amd , avand ad
êwi, éwa.
Kolami
adân, ad. add.
No plural. ... abța.
åga.
âr
Naiki... Malto ... Kurukh
Korvi 18 Kaikkļi
Brahui
...
...
... avga...
... ad
au E,
...aya.
... ,6
... E, 8 ...ofk, éfk ...Ofk, étk. No difference of gender.
(To be continued)
| SR No. | 032532 |
| Book Title | Indian Antiquary Vol 40 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar |
| Publisher | Swati Publications |
| Publication Year | 1984 |
| Total Pages | 388 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 15 MB |