Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s18.t2: 6.18.2 Vowel followed by vowel
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s18.t2
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6.18.2 Vowel followed by vowel
c26.s18.t2.1
⁷ See also section 7.4.4.
c26.s18.t2.2
(e.g.) (i) between word-segments:
c26.s18.t2.3
| ***karu-ūr*** | **Karu(v)ūr** | **'a place name'** | **69.1** |
| ***tiṭi-il-*** | **Ti(ṭ)ṭi(y)il** | **'a place name'** | **33.1** |
c26.s18.t2.4
(ii) between word and suffix:
c26.s18.t2.5
| ***ā-iṉa*** | ***ā(y)iṉa*** | **'who is, alias'** | **41.2** |
| ***koṭi-ōr*** | ***ko(ṭ)ṭi(y)ōr*** | **'they who carved'** | **6.3** |
c26.s18.t2.6
Both types of segmentation, especially as in section 6.18.², occur in early medieval Tamil inscriptions also.¹