Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s30.t5: 7.27.5 Zero-genitive
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s30.t5
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7.27.5 Zero-genitive
c27.s30.t5.1
The so-called zero-genitive construction also occurs in the Corpus in cases where the mere juxtaposition of nouns indicates genitive or possessive case relation.
c27.s30.t5.2
| (e.g.) *neṭuñcaliyaṉ paṇa-aṉ* | 'servant of Neṭuñcaliyaṉ' | 1.5-6 |
| *neṭiñcaliyaṉ sālakaṉ* | 'sister-in law's husband of Neṭiñcaliyaṉ' | 2.5-6 |
| *iḷañcaṭikaṉ tantai-y* | 'father of Iḷañcaṭikaṉ' | 2.7-8 |
c27.s30.t5.3
Place names occur before personal names mostly without an overt genitive-possessive suffix.
c27.s30.t5.4
| (e.g.) *veḷ-aṟai nikama(t)tōr* | 'the members of the merchant guild of Veḷḷaṟai' | 6.1-2 |
| *pākaṉ-ūr pēr-ataṉ* | 'Pērataṉ of Pākaṉūr' | 13.1-2 |
c27.s30.t5.5
Exceptional cases of place names followed by the genitive suffix *-ā* have been noted above.