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(2), v before back rowels. (a) In Tamil, paduhu boat, 'is also padaru. In vulgar eonversation this process is very common. kalult, fhum, pahal, mahan meaning mustard,' will become,' day' and son,' respectively, are pronounced vulgarly as kaçluvu, deum, paval, mauun. In Madras this is the standard pronunciation.
(b) In Malayalam ayu bud' becomes also ava (vide Gundert'. Mal. Dict., p. 188), tayil and tavil dram.'
(c) In Telugu, g often becomes and both the forms are literary : (1) pagadamu and pavadamu . coral'; (2) pága and páva 'a sandal'; (3) poga and puva "smoke'; (4) pogarlu and povadu to prise'; (5) pagalu and pavalu grieve'; (6) madugu and maduvu to be kept down'; (1) mögulu and mirnbu to remain'; (8) mugguru and muvouru 'three men'; (9) morugs and morues to bark'; (10) tagabu and tural to happen'; (11) digu and diru * to get down.' These and some more are found in Brown's Telugu Dictionary.
(d) Caparese and Tuļa preserve the guttural form so faithfully that this change , v. is not illustrated in any of them.
(3) Is y before front vowels. (a) This change is very common in New Tamil. āhin bnt' is pronounced and written ayin ; thil cloth' is tuyil; Dagiruthithe Ganges' is Báyirathi ; kôrihai'a spoon' is also kôriyai in literary Tamil.
(b) In Malayalam, Dr. Gundert (1. 188., Jal. Dict.) gives the example ariyattu and ariyattu.
( The word rayiru belly,' which is found in Tamil and Malayalam is basir in Canarese ; but is vatag in Korvi; and rárgu in Kaikadei ; thus showing that y in rayiru has come from an original g. Korvi rarag 2 tagara 2 vagiru lwy metathesis. It is very likely that words having yi in Tamil and Malayalam and si in Canarese, Taļu and Telugu, lad originally g.
(d) In Telugu too, this change is common. Aga 'to become' has ayinali it become, but aput Sunnadi it becomes.' Hence, a back towel changes y into r', and a front vowel into y.
IX. - Laws of doubled consonants (kk, tsts tt, tt, pp, fr). 1. Primitive Dravidian hal doubled consonants in the middle of a word. But these have nndergone changes and simplification in Can., Tuļu, Teluga, though they are faithfully pr served iu Tamil and Malayalam.
2. The Primitive Dravidinn doubled consonants, which are preserved in Tam, and Mal. are in Can.. Tu., and Tel: (?) either preserved ; (2) or simplified to a single voiceless consonant ; (3) or sometimes simplifiel and voiced.
3. Where the doubled consonants are preserved, the preceding vowel is always short.
4. When they are simplified in Cau., T. and Tel., the preceding vowel is always long. If it is short in Prim. Dray, and therefore in Tam, and Malayalam, it is lengthened in Can., Tu, and Tel., before simplifiention takes place.
5. But, if the doubled consonants belong to a syllable other than the first and the second of a polysyllubio word, then the preceding syllable inay be short and yet the doubled consonants may be simplified.
6. Very often the simplified, single voiceless consonants are voiced, in the neighbourhood of voiced souuds.
