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kuru, v.i. To appear, kurumbai, coconut
and palmyra fruit buds. kurugu, young of a water bird. kuruttu, sprout,
tenderness. kurundu,
1. Tender shoot.
2. Infant, kuru- karu,
1. Child, young of an animal.
2. Foetus, embryo.3. Egg, germ.
nuru, n. Tender shoot.
(puru)-pirukku, tender fruit.
muru-murugu, Tenderness, tender age.
murugan, An ancient Tamilian deity, as of
tender age.
(šuru)-(Extinct)
(turu)-(Extinct)
Numerals:
o‹Šu (one),
ira-du (two), m‡‹Šu (three), nƒnku (four), aindu (five), ƒŠu (six), „‰u
(seveŒ, e——u
(eight), onbadu (nine), pattu (teŒ, n‡Šu
(hundred).
Note the uniform ending of the numerals.
Personal pronouns:
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Plural |
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person. |
yƒn
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yƒm |
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nƒn
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nƒm |
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n…n
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n…m |
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person: |
tƒn
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tƒm |
Many words ending in ‘a’ seem to have been
rounded off into’ avu’ or ‘ai’ during the period of cultivation.
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Nouns
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Verbs |
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ira-iravu
(night) |
ula-ulavu
(to move about) |
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nila-nilavu
(moonlight) |
vira-viravu
(to mix) |
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mala-malai
(mountaiΠ|
ura-urai
(to rub against) |
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ava-avai
(those things) |
va˜a-va˜ai
( to bend) |
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