Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s4.10

c29.s4.10

| ETYMA (IN THE CORPUS) | REF.NO. | DRAVIDIAN |
| ***kal*** (n.) | 14.3.a, 48.7, 61.15, 62.15, 101.3, 114.3 | ***kal*** (D. 1298). |
| ***kala-*** (n.) | 16.4 | ***kalam*** (TL). |
| ***kavi*** (n.) | 57.3 | *kevi* (Ta.), *gavi* (Ka., Te.) (D. 1332). |
| ***kaḻu-*** (cf.LT *kaṭu-*) (adj.) | 44.1.a | ***kaṭu-*** (D. 1135). |
| ***kāṭṭ(u)*** (n., obl.) | 117.1.b | ***kāṭu*** (D. 1438). |
| ***kāṭa*** (*kāṭṭa* < *kāṭu* + *a*) (n., genitive case) | 8.1.b | *kāṭṭa* (*Aka.* 53:7); ***kāṭu*** (D. 1438). |
| ***kāṭu*** (*kāṭṭu*) (n., obl.) | 52.1.b, 55.1.b | ***kāṭu*** (D. 1438). |
| ***kāttāṉ*** (N.) | 58.2 | *kāttāṉ* (TL) < ***kā*** (D. 1416). |
| ***kātaṉ*** (N.) | 107.1 | Cf. ***kā*** > *kād-* (Ka. ) (D. 1416); or *kātu* (D. 1448). |
| ***kāpi*** (*kāppi*) (N. or. P.) | 74.1.a | Cf. *kāppiyāṟu* (*Patiṟ. Patikam* 4); *kāppiya-k-kuṭi* (TL). |
| ***kāri*** (N.) | 118.2.b | ***kār***, ***kāri*** (D. 1278c). |
| ***kāl*** (n.) | 3.6.a | ***kāl*** 'pearl' (TL); cf. *kāl* 'seed, stone' (D. 1493). |
| ***kiḻ-*** (*kīḻ-*) (adj.) | 113.1.a | ***kīḻ*** (D. 1619). |
| ***kiḻ[ā]r*** (n.) | 84.2 | ***kiḻāṉ*** (D. 1979). |
| ***kiraṉ*** (N.) | 65.4.a, 66.4.a, 72.3.b | *kiraṉ* (TL). |
| ***ku-aṉ*** | 2.2.c | See ***kuvaṉ***. |
| ***kuṭupita*** (*kuṭuppitta*) (v.) | 14.2 | *kuṭu* (inscr., *SII.*V:Nos. 405-406); LT *koṭu* (D. 2053). |
| ***kuṭupitō[r*]*** (*kuṭuppittōr*) (v.) | 45.4 | *koṭu* (D. 2053). |
| ***kuṇā*** (P.) | 89.1 | Cf. *kuṇātu* 'to the east' (*Aka.* 4:14). |
| ***kumuḻ*** (LT *kumiḻ*) (n.) | 49.2.a | ***kumiḻ*** (D. 1742). |
| ***kuv-aṉ*** (*kuvaṉ*) | 1.2.c | See ***kuvaṉ***. |
| ***kuva[ṉ*]*** (N.) | 3.2.c | Cf. *kuvāvaṉ* (inscr., *EI.* XIII:p. 139); *kuvavu* 'greatness' (*Cūṭā.* 8: 10); *kuvva* (Te.) cited in *TL*. |
| ***kuṟṟaṉ*** (N.) | 63.4.b | *kuṟu-* (Ta.), *kurra* (Te.) (D. 1851). |
| ***kuṟa*** (LT *kuṟai*) (n.) | 11.1 | ***kuṟai*** (D. 1859). |
| ***kuṟu*** (*kūṟu*) (n.) | 12.1 | ***kūṟu*** (D. 1924). |
| ***kuṟum-*** (adj.) | 65.3.a | ***kuṟu-***, ***kuṟum-***, *kuṟumai* (D. 1851). |
| ***kuṉṟatu*** (*kuṉṟattu*) (n., obl.) | 60.1.b | ***kuṉṟam*** (D. 1864). |
| ***kuṉṟu*** (n.) | 73.5 | ***kuṉṟu*** (D. 1864). |
| ***kūṟṟaṉ*** (N.) | 88.6.b | Cf. ***kūṟu***, ***kūṟṟam*** (D. 1924). |