பக்கம் எண் :

Derivational Changes189

Shortened Demonstrative Bases

     am-an-al; am-av-aku; al-adu.

Interjections:
     annƒ!, look there! innƒ!, look here! behold!
     andƒ!, look there! indƒ!, behold! look here (and
     receive this )!
     adƒ!,ad!, look there!
     idƒ!, id!, behold! look here!

Adjectival Prefixes:
     Adjectives:
     a, that; this; u, this or that (in front of me.)
     e.g. akkƒlam, that time.
     anda, that; inda, this.
     anna, such as that; inna, such as this, such and such.

Adverbs:
     aŒgu, there; iŒgu, here; uŒgu, in front of me.
     ad†˜-ad†˜i, there; id†˜-id†˜i, here.
     ud-ud†˜i, in front of me.
     (ambu)-ambar, there; (imbu)-imbar, here.
     (umbu)-umbar, in front of me above.
     a‹Šu, then; i‹Šu, now.
     alli (K.), there; illi (K.), here.

Tamil words with ‘al’ base have become extinct.

     ava–, there; iva, here; uva, in front of me above.
inn, at this very moment. innum, yet, yet more. ini, after this moment, hereafter.

     As forwardness is upwardness to soaring birds and growing plants, the frontal demonstrative has also acquired the meaning of upwardness or altitude.

Pronouns:
     As the Lemurian Tamils were a highly cultured and philosophically advanced people, they highly esteemed the faculty