[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vernacular Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular) › [Kannada literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada) › [Grammar, poetics and lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra) › [Karnatakabhashabhushana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana) › 1.4.2 # Karnatakabhashabhushana 1.4.2 Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa 1.4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.1.4.2) tē iti tacchabdōpādānaṁ vyaktyarthaṁ. akārādisvaravyaktyau yē varṇā ēkadvitrimātrāḥ tē khalu yathāsaṅkhyaṁ hrasvadīrghaplutā bhavanti. > The employment of that word "they" (\*tē\*) is for the sake of individual instances. Among the individual instances of vowels beginning with \*a\*, those phonemes having one, two, or three morae are, respectively, short, long, and protracted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.1.4.1) - [Next: 1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.1.4.3) - [Up: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.1.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.1.4.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.1.4.2) · Pramāṇa