Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t11.3
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t11.3
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c28.s6.t11.3
The inscriptional name *vēmpiṟ-ūr* may be analysed as *vēmpil* (basic name) + *tt* (suffix of the oblique case) + *ūr* (suffix of the place name); *-iṟ* (*-iṟṟ* < *il* + *tt*) is oblique suffix with locative signification. The consonant *-ṟ-* is not doubled.