Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s31.t1: 7.28.1 Verb stems in the Corpus
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s31.t1
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7.28.1 Verb stems in the Corpus
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Verbs are words denoting action. They are characterised in grammar by their capacity to express tense. The following verb stems occur in the Corpus:
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¹ *ama* (LT *amai*) 'to abide, remain' 48.6
2. *aṟu* 'to cut (> carve)' 61.14
3. *ā*, *āku* 'to be, become' 41.2, 61.13
4. *āṭu* 'to fight, play, win' 112.3
5. *āru* (LT *ār*) 'to be filled' 114.2.b
6. *ī* 'to give' 12.3
7. *ēvu* 'to command' 76.2
8. *karu(v)u*, *karu(k)ku* 'to carve, engrave' 17.2, 112.4 Not attested in LT as verbs; See Commentary.
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⁹ *koṭṭu* 'to hammer (> carve)' 1.8
10. *koṭu*, *kuṭu* 'to give' 3.9, 14.2 *kuṭu*: inscriptional form not attested in LT.
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¹¹ *ko(ṟ)ru* 'to carve' 52.3 Inscriptional form not attested in LT as a verb. See Commentary.
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¹² *cey*, *ceyi*, *cē* 'to make' 49.7, 65.5, 2.10 *ceyi* and *cē*: inscriptional forms not attested in LT. See Commentary (2.10).
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¹³ *tā* 'to bring > to capture' (*TL*) 73.3 (See Commentary )
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¹⁴ *tai* 'to make ' (*TL*) 101.2 (See Commentary )
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¹⁵ *toṭu* 'to dig, excavate' 84.5
16. *nōl* 'to do penance' 115.7
17. *piṟa* 'to be born' 49.3
18. *puṇaru* (LT *puṇar*) 'to combine (> compose)' 85.2
19. *muṭi* 'to complete > to end one's life' 115.8 (See Commentary )
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²⁰ *ve*, *vai* (LT *vai*) 'to put (> endow)' 13.4, 16.2