Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s30.t1: 7.27.1 First case (nominative)

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s30.t1

The stem without any case-marker is deemed to be in the nominative case. The vast majority of nouns in the Corpus are in the nominative case; e.g.,

*makaṉ* 'son' 20.2

*makaḷ* 'daughter' 66.3

*kal* 'stone' 61.15

*aṟam* 'charity' 76.4