Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t13.4

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c28.s6.t13.4

**a. *erumi*** (n.) Cf. Ta. *erumai*, Ka. *erme*, Tu. *erme*, Go. *ermi* 'buffalo, female buffalo' (D. 816). It is likely that ***erumi*** is not a scribal error for *erumai*, but preserves an ancient dialectal form from a region to the north-west of the Tamil country.

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