Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s17.t3: 6.17.3 Doubling of consonants as a grammatical feature
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s17.t3
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6.17.3 Doubling of consonants as a grammatical feature
c26.s17.t3.1
Doubling of word-initial and word-final consonants in sandhi are well-known morphophonemic features in Tamil (*mikutal* and *iraṭṭittal* respectively). These are represented in the Late Period and in the Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions.¹
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¹ See sections 7.15.3 & 7.15.4.
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(e.g.) *mikutal*: *tiṭi-kkāttāṉ* (58.1-2), *cē-kkanti* (83.². a-b).
*iraṭṭittal*: *cell-irumpoṟai* (61.7.b-c)