Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s29: 7.26 The oblique stem
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s29
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- c27.s29.t1 7.26.1 Nouns ending in -am form the oblique stem by replacing the ending with -a(t)tu — 3 parts
- c27.s29.t2 7.26.2 Nouns ending in -ṭu or -ṟu form the oblique stem by doubling the final consonant — 3 parts
- c27.s29.t3 7.26.3 Oblique pronominal stem — 2 parts
7.26 The oblique stem
c27.s29.1
Personal pronouns and some nouns have oblique stems which express case relations or serve as the base for suffixation. The following types of oblique stems occur in the Corpus:
7.26.1 Nouns ending in -am form the oblique stem by replacing the ending with -a(t)tu
c27.s29.t1.1
| *kuṉṟa(t)tu* (< *kuṉṟam*) 'of the hill' | 60.1.b |
| *nikama(t)tu* (< *nikamam*) 'of the merchant guild' | 3.4 |
c27.s29.t1.2
*nikama(t)tōr* (<*nikamam* + *attu* + *ōr*)
'members of the merchant guild' 6.2
c27.s29.t1.3
*mārayatu* (*mārāyattu*) (<*mārāyam*, a title) 54.1
7.26.2 Nouns ending in -ṭu or -ṟu form the oblique stem by doubling the final consonant
c27.s29.t2.1
*kāṭṭu* (<*kāṭu*) 'of the forest' 117.1.b
c27.s29.t2.2
*nāṭṭu* (<*nāṭu*) 'of the country' 115.2.b
c27.s29.t2.3
*yāṟṟu* (<*yāṟu*) 'of the river' 62.3
7.26.3 Oblique pronominal stem
c27.s29.t3.1
Oblique pronominal stems of the first and second persons are formed by stem mutation. The only example available in the Corpus is:
c27.s29.t3.2
*em* (<*yām*) 'our (exclusive)' 19.1