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AUGUST, 1909.)
A PRIMER OF DRAVIDIAN PHONOLOGY.
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VIII. - The back Consonants (k, 8, 9.)
k. The present Dravidian k is most faithfully preserved by Canarese and Tulu. Teluga has a great tendency for palatalisation; and Tamil stands midway between Telugu and CanareseTulu. (1) k is preserved in all the languages.
Tamil . Mal. Can. Taļu. Telugu.
kadal
... kadalu
kadu
kadu katti
katti
kara
kare
kattu
kattu
i kadal (sea) ... 2 kaçu (extreme) ... 3 katti (knife) 4 karai (shore)
kattu (bind) kan (eye)... kari (black)
kala (mix) ... 9 kavi (cover) 10 kaval (guard) ...
kadalu kadalu. kailu
kadu. katti katti. kare
kara. kattu
katta. kaņ... ... kannu. kari ... kari. kalapuni ... kalagu. kabi ... kaviyu. kavalu ...kavalu.
...
kan
kan kari... ... kalannya ... kala
kaviyuya ... kavi ...
...kavalu
...
...
(2) Kug in Canarese, Tulu and Telugu through the intluence of accent-change and of the neighbouring voiced consonants and liquids. Out of 300 words in my comparative Dictionary, about 50, 1. e., 16 per cent. have g (initial) in Canarese, Tuļu and Telugu. Tamil.
Mal. Can. Toļu. Teluga.
kedu
...kunnu
...gada
gudda gůdu
... gadavu. ... konda. ... gûdu.
... kudu
kulæ
gole
... gola.
kan'n'i
1 kedu (fixed time) 2 kunța (hill) ... 3 kůļu (nest) 4 kulai (bunch)... 5 kan’dzi (gruel) ... 6 kandan (male) ... 7 ketți (hard)
kål (wind)
kíru (scratch) 10 kili (fear) 11 kuți (mark)
kaņdan katti
gan'dzi ...gandan ... gatti ... gaļi...
...gadu
gadda gudu gole
gan'dzi ...
ganta gatti gaļi gira gili... yuri
gan'dzi. ... ganda.
gatti gâli.
kattu
kira
kili ..
... gili.
kuri
