idam-adam,
ka——adam, building, binding,
setting, etc.
adam-a-am, katta-am, payment of fees,
tax, chrges etc.
vaji (to deceive)+agam=vaja-
gam,
deceit. |
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nouns signify
place. |
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vidu
(to leave, to release, to set
free)+talai = vidudalai, release,
freedom, independence.
kal (to learŒ+kai = kaŠkai,
learning |
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names
of organs. |
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adai
(to entrust)+mƒnam = adaimƒnam,
mortgage.
v„ (to burn, to boil)+kƒdu
= v„kkƒdu,
boiling.
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nouns
signi- fying measure-ment or inten-sity. |
kƒdu itself is a verbal noun meaning
abundance or excessiveness, derived from kadu, to increase, to be severe.
Verbal nouns with the suffixes du and mai, unlike others of the same
class, indicate tense, those with du showing all the three tenses, and
those with mai, only the past and the present. Etymologically, they are
relative participles with the suffixes adu and mai postfixed to them.
p†nadu,
going in the past
poki‹Šadu, ,, at present
p†vadu, ,, in future
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deictic element. |
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p†namai,
going in the past noun signifying
p†ki‹Šamai,
,, at present
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quality. |
mai
is a synonym for ni#r, which means quality or nature:
Gerunds: Verbal nouns with the suffix dal are, as a rule, gerundial
in nature.
e.g. šeydal, doing ; nadattal,
walking.
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Addition
of Suffix to Adjectives or Adjectival Bases
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Abstract
Nouns:
e.g. nal (good)+mai=nanmai, goodness.
nal+am=nalam, goddness, welfare, etc.
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