Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s8.t1: 7.7.1 Vowels
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s8.t1
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7.7.1 Vowels
c27.s8.t1.1
| Variation | LT | Corpus | Ref. No. |
| *a ~ ā* | *vaṇikaṉ* | *vaṇikaṉ* | 43.1.b, 46.2.b |
| | *vāṇikaṉ* | *vāṇikaṉ* | 39.1.b, 42.1.b, 69.2.b |
| *a ~ i* | *atikaṉ* | *kāḷ=itikaṉ* | 3.6.b |
| | | (*i*- error for *a*-) | |
| *a ~ u* | *atta-* | *attuvāyi* | 60.6.a |
| | | (-*u* error for -*a*) | |
| *ā ~ a* | *atiṭṭāṉam* | *atiṭ-aṇam* | 49.8 |
| | | (-*a* error for -*ā*) | |
| *i ~ a* | *atiṭṭāṉam* | *ataṭ-aṇam* | 50.3 |
| | | (-*a*- error for -*i*-; -*a* error for-*ā*) | |
| *i ~ u* | *kumiḻ* | *kumuḻ* | 49.2.a |
| *i ~ e* | *iṭai* | *eḷai* | 34.1.a |
| | *iḷa-* | *iḷa-* | 2.7.a, 17.1.a, 49.6, 61.11.a, 61.12.a, 62.11.c, 62.12.a, 67.1.c, 76.1.a |
| | | *eḷa* | 43.2.a, 46.3.a, 56.5.a |
| *i ~ iy* | | *ar-itaṉ* (*aritaṉ*) | 8.2 |
| | | *ar-iytaṉ* (*ariytaṉ*) | 18.2 |
| | | *ariti* | 34.2 |
| | | *ariyti* | 25.1.b |
| *i ~ y* | | *cē-i-ya* | 2.10 |
| | | *cē-y-a* | 31.2 |
c27.s8.t1.2
| Variation | LT | Corpus | Ref. No. |
| ~ i | *īḻa-* | *iḻa-* (*i-* error for *ī-*) | 55.2.a |
| | *vīra-* | *vira-* (-*i-* error for *-ī-*) | 79.1.c, 81.2.b |
| u ~ i | *maturai* | *matira* | 27.1 |
| | | *matiray* | 36.1 |
| | | *matirai* | 24.2 |
| | | *mattirai* (-*tt-* error for *-t-*) | 38.1 |
| | *ācu* | *āci* | 73.6 |
| u ~ o | *pukal* | *pokal* | 105.1.b |
| | *pukaḻ* | *pokaḻ* | 83.1.b |
| u ~ u | *ūr* | *ūr* | 13.1.b, 19.2, 30.1.b, 34.1.b, 35.1.c, 49.2.b, 56.1.c, 57.1.b, 61.3.b, 63.1.b, 63.3.b, 65.1.b, 66.1.b, 69.1.b, 73.2.b, 74.1.b, 76.3.b, 84.1.c |
| | | *ur* (*u-* error for *ū-*) | 55.1.c, 121.1.b |
| | | *uru* (*u-* error for *ū-*) | 112.1.b |
| e ~ a | *cem-* | *cem-* | 22.1.a, 61.4.a, 62.4.a, 63.2.a, 109.1.a, 110.1.a |
| | | *cam-* | 101.1.a, 105.1.a |
| | *kevi* | *kavi* | 57.3 |
| ey ~ e | *cey* | *cey* | 49.7, 55.4 |
| | | *cē* | 2.10, 18.3, 31.2, 35.3 |
| ai ~ a | *aṇai* | *aṇa* | 120.2. b |
| | *amai* | *ama* | 48.6 |
| | *ittai* | *itta* | 13.3 |
| | *kuṟai* | *kuṟa* | 11.1 |
| | *matirai* | *matira* | 27.1 |
| ai ~ i | *ārāttaṉai* | *ārātaṇi* | 115.6 |
| ai ~ e | *vai* | *vai(k)ka* | 16.2 |
| | | *ve(p)pōṉ* | 13.4 |
c27.s8.t1.3
| Variation | LT | Corpus | Ref. No. |
| *ai* ~ *ay* | -(a)ntai | *antai* | 3.7.a, 20.1.a, 25.1.a, 26.1.a, 27.2.a, 28.1.a, 29.1.b, 31.1.b, 32.1.b, 66.2.b, 67.1.b |
| | | (a)*ntay* | 77.2.b |
| | *aiyaṉ* | *aiyaṉ* | 55.3.b |
| | *ayyaṉ* | *a(y)yaṉ* | 55.5.b |
| | *matirai* | *matirai* | 24.2 |
| | | *matiray* | 36.1 |
| | *iḷaiyar* | *iḷayar* | 49.6 |
| *o* ~ *u* | *koṭu* | *koṭu* | 3.9, 5.2, 7.4, 10.4, 11.2, 15.2, 44.3, 53.2 |
| | | *kuṭu* | 14.2, 45.4 |
| | *poṟai* | *-poṟai* | 61.7.d |
| | | *-puṟai* | 62.7.d |