Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t16.35

c28.s6.t16.35

**55.4 ceytā[ṉ\*]** (v.) 'he who made'; past participial noun, 3rd person masculine singular, from *cey* 'to make'. The word-final *ṉ* has not been engraved. It may be an omission or its absence may indicate nasalisation in the spoken language. The verb form is treated here as a participial noun and not as a finite verb on account of the syntax, the predicate preceding the subject. Cf. **ceyitaṉ** (73.7).