| e.g. |
Root
|
Past
Tense |
| |
šettƒn(finite
verb)
šettu(past partciple)
šetta (relative participle) |
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Nasalisation
of hard consonants
|
| p†kku
|
-p†Œgu,
trend, manner. |
kuccam
|
-ku½jam,
tassel. |
| ta——u
|
-ta–du,
stalk, stem. |
| vittu(seed) |
-vindu,
semen. |
| šappa–am
|
-šamma–am,
sitting |
cross
|
-legged
|
| verri |
-ve‹Ši,
victory. |
| kombu |
-koppu,
branch. |
| na–duvƒykkƒli |
-na——uvƒykkƒli,
scorpion of a
larger kind. |
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Metathesis
or Transposition of letters, syllables and words
|
| šadai |
-tašai,
flesh. |
| kaduvƒli |
-kavudƒri,
Indian partridge. |
| ilvƒy |
-vƒyil,
door. |
ilmunŠu |
-munŠil-muŠŠil-muŠŠam,
court-yard of a house. |
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Alliterative
vowel changes
|
a-ƒ-ai:
| e.g. |
pašu,
green; pƒši, that which is green: pai,
green,
tender, unripe, young, fresh, raw. |
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i-‰-e-„:
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| e.g. |
irumai,
blackness; erumai, buffalo; „nam, pig.
vi‰u-vi‰ai,
to desire: v‰‰, to desire; ve–du,
to hanker.
v„–du,
to want, desire. |
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