Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s2.t4.7
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s2.t4.7
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c22.s2.t4.7
*tāyiyaru* 'mother' (honorific). This is clearly a loanword from Kannada. The word occurs in New Kannada but is not attested in Old Kannada. However, as this inscription from Nekanurpatti is assigned to ca. 4th century A.D. on palaeographic evidence, we have to regard *tāyiyaru* as an Old Kannada word which existed in the spoken language but was not attested in contemporary records.