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Combinational
Increments |
am,
m, etc.
e.g. puiyambalam,
tamarind fruit.
magai,
clod of earth.
am may be a corruption of in, genitive suffix,
m, the syncope of gum.
uagai
(the centre of the palm)=u+agai
(agagai)
m,
is the syncope of gum, and
vadu, the future participial noun derived from the verb ,
to become.
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Single
words expressing assent or approval |
e.g. m (syncope of
gum), yes.
sari(derived from sr,
to resemble), right, alright.
vandu,
(p.p. of v, to come), py
(p.p. of p, to go), etc.
Cumulative
Conjunctions:
e.g. eu
p.p.of the verb en; to say anything, ena (infinitive of the same verb
as before), etc.
Adversative Conjunctions:
e.g. nl
(subjunctive mood of the verb , to become),
irunalum (subjunctive of iru, to be, with
um), etc.
Alternative Conjunctions:
e.g. alladu, the irrational singular
participial noun derived from al, to be other tha,
illvil
(vil, the subjunctive of vidu,
to leave, suffixed to ill, non-existing),
etc.
Illative Conjunctions:
e.g. gaiyl
(the verbal noun gai in the Instrumental
case), enav (the weakened emphatic particle
added to ena),etc.
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