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JUNE, 1909.)
A PRIMER OF DRAVIDIAN PHONOLOGY.
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(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.
