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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[AUGUST, 1909.
(1) Primitive Dravidian r mostly remains in all the languages :Tamil.
Mal. . Cam. Taļa.
Can.
Telugu.
nerada
narada
...
naradu
...neri.
marze
nare
nare
... nara.
maram
mara
mara
... mràng.
i neradu (rough) ... 2 narai (grey) ...
maram (tree) ... aral (floral)
aruvi (river) 6 kari (soot) ... 7 karai (shore)
aral
arala
... arala.
aravi
... arala ... aravi ...kari
ove
kari
...kari.
...kare
... kare
kare
...kara.
(2) (r and vowel and consonant ) dovelopments.
(a) In Tamil rand vowel and consonant is most common; but sometimes in literary Tamil the Vowel drops and we haver and consonant; e. 9., fôrudal being tired' and gördal ; šarudal 'leaning' and šdrttal. Here the vowel is generally u.
(b) In Tala, too, and vowel and consonant becomes often r and consonant: e..g., Turudu blind' and kurdu; kurubu and kurbu 'the eye-brow' parake and parke bedding ;' parati and parti.cotton' etc.
(b) In Telaga we have all the stages.
I. e., r and dowel and consonants and consonant or consonant and consonaní. Examples are : -
(1) Tamil tiruppu turn' is Teluga trippu.
Tamil viridal 'spread' is Telugu vridulu. Tamil leurangu bend' is Telugu krungu. Tamil karangu sound' in Telugu Iranga.
Tamil paravu 'spread' is Telugu pravu. (2) Tamil tirundu 'to correct' is Teluga tiddu.
Tamil erudu bull' is Teluga eddu.
Tamil perumpuli 'big tiger'is Telugu bebbuli. (3) Sometimes disappears with the vowel : - marundu and mandu.medium'.
Tamil neruppu fire' is Telugu nippu. Tamil viruppu . wish' is Telaga vippu. Tamil karuppu 'black' is Telugu kappu.
Tamil parutti cotton' is Telaga patte and parti.
(a) In Canarese, r and vowel and consonant becomes in Mid. Canareser and consonant and in New Canarese consonant doubled.
For example :
Tamil kurudi sparrow' is Can. yurbi and gubbi ; Tamil parutti cotton' is partti and patti. karatsuto bite' is kart fu and katsasu.
