Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s26.t1: 7.23.1 Masculine singular
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s26.t1
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7.23.1 Masculine singular
c27.s26.t1.1
Personal names in the Corpus are mostly in masculine singular. See Index to Personal Names (Appendix II). Some common nouns in masculine singular are illustrated below.
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| *amaṇaṉ* | 'Jaina monk' | 24.1 |
| *kaṇa(k)ka(ṉ)* | 'accountant' | 40.2 |
| *kōṉ* | 'chieftain' | 73.4 |
| *ta(c)caṉ* | 'carpenter, stonemason' | 73.8, 117.3.b |
| *tantai* | 'father' | 2.8 |
| *pākaṉ* | 'elephant-driver, charioteer' | 13.1.a |
| *poṉ-kolvaṉ* | 'goldsmith' | 36.2 |
| *makaṉ* | 'son' | 20.2 |