Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 38
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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________________ JULY, 1909.) A PRIMER OF DRAVIDIAN PHONOLOGY. 197 2. P b initially through the influence of accent in the case of examples 12 to 16 given above. This obtains only in Telugu as in Caņ. and Tuļa psh initially. 3. p h in Mid. and New Canarese, and also in New Taļu. This change seerns to be due to the influence of Marathi, the neighbour of Canarese and Tulu on the north. In Marathî, the aspirated stops become h., e.g.. bhūtas I was,' became hôté. Sinilarly in Mid and New Canarese and in Tuļu p seems to have first become aspirated as ph and then changed to h. Tamil. Malay. N. Can. N. Taļa. Telngn. pabal (day) 2 pāla (rain) payal pāla 4 pabai (hate) 5 paqahu (boat) ... 6 patta (ten) ... 7 palli (lizard) 8 parutti (cotton)... 9 pani (mist) 10 pâmbu (anake) ... paya padaya pattn palli ...parutti pani ... pambı ...hagalu ... haļa hotte ... hage ... hadagu ... battu ... halli ... hatti ... hani ... hara ...hagala hâļu hotte hage ... hádaga ...hada ... halli hatti ... hani ... håva ... pagala. ... pâdu. ... potta (belly). ...paga. ... padava. ... pattu. ... palli. ... pratti, patti. ... pannirn. ... ... pâmu. Note.-(For authority, see Sabdamaņi-dorpana, art. 159 and 160, and Kittels' Canarese Dictionary, p. 1618; Manner's Tuļu Grammar, pp. 669-682). 2. This change psh is not oniversal in Tuļu. There are some exceptions. (3) The following words in Canarese have pp h. [Vide Sabdamani-darpaņa (Smd.), art. 160]. These words are: -(1) intappam, untappam and antappam which become severally intaham, untaham and antaham. (4) Sometimes the h p is lost and the vowel alone is left as initial. Thus :pagala hagala agala (dog). han't Sa a n'ts + Telugu penku (tile). parti patti patti atti (cotton). pavu hậvu ava (snake). puņnu buņņu uņņu (sore). b) Medial. (1) Primitive Dravidian had l only after the nasal m. Even here it was pronounced with a nasal twang ; so that it easily changed into m; e. g. (1) padi Telugu "ten' becomes midi in tommidi. For tom-midi tom-bidi ton-bidi ton-bodi tol-padi-compare this with Tamil on-pada ton-padu s tol-patta i. e., old ten'; (2) In pambusnake'mb is pronounced mostly as a nasal in Tamil and Malayalam. And in Telugu it is pdmu, 6 completely dropping. In Can. and Taļumu and we have pluu and hdvu.

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