Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s18.t5: 7.16.5 Elision of the stem-final PNG suffix -(a)ṉ before a noun
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s18.t5
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7.16.5 Elision of the stem-final PNG suffix -(a)ṉ before a noun
c27.s18.t5.1
*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
c27.s18.t5.2
In the following cases, the stems are joined after the elision of the stem-final suffix *-(a)ṉ*.
c27.s18.t5.3
*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
c27.s18.t5.4
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).