Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s39.3
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s39.3
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c27.s39.3
The interjections *itā* and *ītā* occur in Literary Tamil in the same sense; the latter is regarded as more ancient. While *ittā* is not attested elsewhere, it may be regarded as a variant of *itā*. The two forms recorded in the Corpus seem to be derived from the proximate demonstrative pronoun *iḵtu* 'this':