Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t12.76
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t12.76
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c28.s6.t12.76
**a. *eḷa-*** (adj.) 'young'. Cf. LT *iḷa-* id. (**D.** 513). The form *iḷa-* occurs 10 times and the form *eḷa-* 3 times in the Corpus (see Etymological Index: Dravidian). It appears that both forms existed in the spoken language at this early period. See Bh. Krishnamurti 1958a on the alternation of *i* / *e* in South Dravidian.