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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s18: 7.16 Elision

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s18

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7.16 Elision

7.16.1 Elision of a stem-final vowel before a succeeding vowel

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| ***kaṇatikaṉ* (*kaṇa* + *atikaṉ*)** | **'chief of scribes'** | **40.1.a-b** |
| ***sa(p)pami(t)tā-iṉa* (*sappamittā* + *ā-iṉa*)** | | |
| | **'who is Sappamittā'** | **41.1.b-2** |

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*cēkkantaṇṇi* (*cēkkanti* + *aṇṇi*) 83.4.b-c

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*toṇṭi*(l)*lavōṉ* (*toṇṭi* + *illavōṉ*) 'Illavōṉ of Toṇṭi ' 10.2-3

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*aritiṉ* (*ariti* + *iṉ*) 'of Ariti ' 34.2

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In the following exceptional case the succeeding vowel is elided: *mūtāmaṇṇaṉ* (*mūtā* + *amaṇṇaṉ*) 'the senior Jaina monk' 62.1-2

7.16.2 Elision of the stem-final shortened -u before a vowel

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*aimpattēḷaṇacaṇa*(m)(*aimpattēḷu*+ *aṇacaṇam*) 'fasting for fifty-seven (days) ' 116.1.c-2

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*kuv-aṅkē* (*kuvaṅku* + *ē*) 'to Kuvaṇ' 1.2.c

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*kōkūr* (*kōku* + *ūr*) 84.1.b-c

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*nikama*(t)*tōr*(*nikamattu*+ *ōr*) 'members of the merchant guild' 6.2

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*mattiraikē* (*matiraiku* + *ē*) 'of Matirai ' 38.1

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*mācakōṭu* (*mācu* + *a* + *kōṭu*) 120.1.a

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*vēmpiṟ-ūr* (*vēmpu* + *il* + *tt* + *ūr*) 35.1.a-b

7.16.3 Elision of the stem-final shortened -u (with doubling of the preceding consonant before a vowel)

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*ekkāṭṭūru* (*ekkāṭu* + *ūru*) 117.1.b-c

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*aimpattēḷ*(u)(*aimpatu*+ *ēḷu*) 116.1.b-c

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*kuṟṟaṉ* (*kuṟu* + *aṉ*) 63.4.b

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*yāṟṟūr* (*yāṟu* + *ūr*) 61.3.a-b

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In some cases doubling is represented orthographically by a single consonant.

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*erukāṭur* (*erukkāṭṭur* < *eru* + *kāṭu* + *ur* (*ūr*), (cf. LT *erukkāṭṭūr*) 55.1.a-b-c

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*ceṟ-ataṉ* (*ceṟṟataṉ* < *ceṟu* (LT *ciṟu*) + *ataṉ*) 12.4.a-b

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*pāṉkāṭa* (*pāṉkāṭṭa* < *pāṉkāṭu* + *a*) 'of Pāṉkāṭu' 8.1.b

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In the following exceptional case, the stem-final shortened *-u* is preserved before the succeeding vowel and there is no change in sandhi:

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*erukāṭu-ūru* (*eru* + *kāṭu* + *ūru*) (cf. LT *erukkāṭṭūr*) 52.1.b-c

7.16.4 Elision of the stem-final suffix -(a)m when followed by a noun

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*iva-kuṉṟa*(t)*tu* (*ivam* + *kuṉṟattu*) 'of Iva-kuṉṟam ' 60.1.a-b

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*iḷa-(īḷa-) kuṭumpikaṉ* (*īḷam* + *kuṭumpikaṉ*) 'Īḷa- householder' 55.2.a-b

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*kala nel* (*kalam* + *nel*) 'kalams of paddy' 16.4-5

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*tāra-aṇi* (*tāram* + *aṇi*) 'dripline' 44.2.a-b *pāṇita-vāṇikaṉ* (*pāṇitam* + *vāṇikaṉ*) 'gur merchant' 42.1.a-b

7.16.5 Elision of the stem-final PNG suffix -(a)ṉ before a noun

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*araṭṭa kāyipaṉ* (*araṭṭaṉ* + *kāyipaṉ*) 60.7.a-b *eḷa-a a(!)taṉ* (*eḷa(v)aṉ* + *aṭṭaṉ*) 46.3.a-b *o(p)paṇa(p)pa vira-(vīra-)* (*oppaṉ* + *appaṉ* + *vīra-*) 79.1.b-c *kaṇaka ataṉ* (*kaṇakkaṉ* + *ataṉ*) 'Ataṉ, the accountant ' 40.2-3 *ka(ṇ)ṇa tēvaṉ* (*kaṇṇaṉ* + *tēvaṉ*) 84.4.c-d *kaḷumāra nataṉ* (*kaḷumāraṉ* + *nataṉ*) 44.1.b-c *kāḷitika* (error for *kāḷatika*) *antai a(s)sutaṉ* (*kāḷatikaṉ* + *antai assutaṉ*) 'Antai Assutaṉ, the superintendent of pearls' 3.6.b-7.a *kuvira-antai* (*kuviraṉ* + *antai*) 32.1.a-b *tātta kāri* (*tāttaṉ* + *kāri*) 118.2.a-b *nata-siri* (*nataṉ* + *siri*) 3.2.a-b *nanta-siri* (*nantaṉ* + *siri*) 2.2.a-b *nākapērūr* (*nākaṉ* + *pērūr*; or *nākam* +) 56.1.a-b

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In the following cases, the stems are joined after the elision of the stem-final suffix *-(a)ṉ*.

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*āy(c)ca(y)yaṉ* (*āyccaṉ* + *ayyaṉ*) 55.5.a-b *cantariṭaṉ* (or *cantāritaṉ*) (*cantaṉ* + *aritaṉ* / *āritaṉ*) 5.1.a-b *koṟṟantai* (*koṟṟaṉ* + *antai*) 67.1. a-b *koṟṟantay* (*koṟṟaṉ* + *antay*) 77.2.a-b *cantantai* (*cantaṉ* + *antai*) 29.1.a-b *pi(!)ṭantai* (*piṭṭaṉ* + *antai*) 66.2.a-b

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The reasons for departing from the traditional interpretation (e.g., *koṟṟantai* < *koṟṟaṉ* + *tantai*) are explained in section 3.2.2(v) and in the Commentary (66.2).

7.16.6 Elision of the PNG suffix -(a)ṉ before a genitive suffix

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*cēntaṉ* + *a* > *cēnta-a* 28.1.b *viraṉ* + *a* > *vira-a* (*vīra-a*) 79.1.c *kuviraṉ* + *ā* > *kuvirā* 23.1 (*-ā* merged with the stem after elision of *-aṉ*)

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