[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) › [Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt) › 6.16 # Karnatakabhashabhushana 6.16 English (machine translation) 6.16 - **Language:** English ### [6.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.6.16.1) Gemination \[occurs\] of ṇa, ṭa, ḷa, na, and ta. ### [6.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.6.16.2) When elision of the segment beginning with the penultimate vowel has been made, gemination occurs for the remaining phonemes ṇa, ṭa, ḷa, na, and ta when a word beginning with a vowel follows: ### [6.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.6.16.3) taṇṇelar; ### [6.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.6.16.4) kaṭṭāyaṁ; ### [6.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.6.16.5) innuṇisu; ### [6.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.6.16.6) kittaḍi. ## Linked texts (1) - [Karṇāṭakabhāṣābhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana.6.16.1) — Nāgavarma II, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kannada.sastra.bhasabhusana~en-mt.6.16) · Pramāṇa