[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.s37 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s37: 7.34 The infinitive Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s37 - **Language:** English ### 7.34 The infinitive ### [c27.s37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s37.1) The infinitive conveys various senses like 'to do, having done, when (one) did', etc. It is formed by the addition of the suffix \*-a\* directly to the verb stem or after a non-completive tense marker -(\*k\*)\*k-\*. ### [c27.s37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s37.2) | \*āka\* | 'when (he) became; having become' | 61.13, 62.13 | | \*ēva\* | 'when (he) commanded; at the bidding of' | 76.2 | | \*vai(k)ka\* | 'to endow' | 16.2 | --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s37) · Pramāṇa