Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t4.17
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t4.17
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c28.s8.t4.17
*-ku* seems to have been pronounced *-ki* here, influenced by the preceding front vowel *-i*, as indicated by the glide *-y-* following it. It is also probable that the shortened *-u* in-*ku* changed to the shortened *-i* (*kuṟṟiyal-ikaram*) before *-y*. (Cf. *Tol. Eḻu.* 35 & 410.)