Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s18.t4: 7.16.4 Elision of the stem-final suffix -(a)m when followed by a noun

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s18.t4

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

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

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

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