|
pagudi
|
-pƒdi,
half. |
peyar
|
-p„r,
name. |
po‰udu
|
-p†du,
time. |
va-aŒgu
|
-vƒŒgu,
to bend. |
viyar
|
-v„r,
to sweat. |
| vil_u |
-vil_,
to fall, to desire. |
There
are two verbs in Tamil, whose root-vowels are lengthened in the Imperative
Singular and Plural in the colloquial dialect, and in the singular alone
in the literary dialect.
| e.g. |
Root |
Imp.
Sing. |
Imp.
Pl. |
|
| |
va˜-(var)-varu |
vƒ
(come) |
vƒrum |
col. |
| |
|
|
vƒruŒga˜ |
|
| |
|
|
|
lit. |
| |
|
vƒ |
|
|
| |
ta˜-(tƒr)-taru
|
tƒ
(give) |
tƒrum |
col. |
| |
|
|
tƒruŒga˜
|
|
| |
|
tƒ |
|
lit. |
There are two verbs in Tamil, whose root-vowels are shortened in the past
tense.
| e.g. |
Root
|
Past
Tense |
| |
kƒ–,
to see, find. |
ka–dƒn
(finite verb)
ka–du (past participle)
ka–da (relative participle) |
| |
n†,
to suffer pain, nondƒn (finite verb)
to be grieved |
nondu
(past participle) nonda (relative participle) |
There is one verb in Tamil, whose root-vowel seems to have changed in
the past tense, during the pre-Aryan period.
|