[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003) › c27.s34 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s34: 7.31 Verbal nouns Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s34 - **Language:** English ### 7.31 Verbal nouns ### [c27.s34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s34.1) Verbal nouns (\*toḻil peyar\*) are formed from verb stems. They function like nouns and can have case-markers. The following verbal nouns occur in the Corpus: ### [c27.s34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s34.2) | \*ko(ṭ)tal-ku\* (\*koṭṭu\* + \*al\* + \*ku\*) 'for carving' (with dative case suffix) | 12.2 | ### [c27.s34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s34.3) \*pokal\* (LT \*pukal\*) 'refuge' (105.1.b) and \*tuṟukay\* 'vent (in sluice)' (114.1) are formally verbal nouns; but they do not signify action and occur as nouns in the Corpus. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s34) · Pramāṇa