Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s25: 7.22 Pronouns
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s25
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Contents
- c27.s25.t1 7.22.1 Personal pronouns — 1 part
- c27.s25.t2 7.22.2 Demonstrative pronouns — 1 part
- c27.s25.t3 7.22.3 Numeral pronouns — 1 part
7.22 Pronouns
c27.s25.1
Pronouns are a class of nouns which stand in for other nouns. The following categories of pronouns occur in the Corpus.
7.22.1 Personal pronouns
c27.s25.t1.1
| *em* | 'our' (oblique form of *yām* 'we') | 19.1 |
7.22.2 Demonstrative pronouns
c27.s25.t2.1
| *avviru-a-ar-um* | 'those two persons also' (LT *avv- iruvar-um*) (from *a-* demonstrative pronominal base (remote) | 45.3 |
| *itta* | 'this' in accusative case (LT *itai* / *ittai*) from *i-* demonstrative pronominal base (proximate) | 13.3 |
7.22.3 Numeral pronouns
c27.s25.t3.1
| *iru-a-ar-* | 'two persons' | 45.3.b |
| *iruvar* | 'two persons' (both from *iru-* bound form of *iraṇṭu* 'two') | 48.5 |