Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s4.13

c29.s4.13

| ETYMA (IN THE CORPUS) | REF.NO. | DRAVIDIAN |
| [***t***]***āvaṉ*** (N.) | 63.3.a | Prob., a personal name from *tāvu* 'might, strength' (*Tivā.* 1402). |
| ***tiṭi*** (*tiṭṭi*) (P.) | 33.1.a, 58.1 | *tiṭṭi* (D. 3221). |
| ***tuṟukay*** (*tuṟukai*) (n.) | 114.1 | Prob., 'vent in a sluice'; cf. *tuṟukal* 'stone to close the outlet of a channel' (*TL*); *tuṟ* 'hole' (D. 3399b), *tūṟu* (Ka.) 'go through a hole' (D. 3399a). |
| ***tuṟai*** (n.) | 50.1.b | *tuṟai* (D. 3370). |
| ***teṇku*** (LT *teṟku*) (n.) | 49.5.a | *teṇ-, teṟku* (D. 3449). |
| ***tēṉ*** (n.) | 73.2.a | *tēṉ* (D. 3268b). |
| ***taita*** (*taitta*) (v.) | 101.2 | *tai* 'to make' (*TL*). |
| ***toṭa*** (*toṭṭa*) (v.) | 84.5 | *toṭu* (D. 3549). |
| ***toṇṭi*** (P.) | 10.2 | 'An ancient seaport'; cf. *toṇṭi* 'small arm of the sea' (*TL*). |
| ***tōṭaṉ*** (N.) | 102.1.b | Prob., from *tōṭu* 'ear ornament' (D.3545) or *toṭu* 'to wear (clothes), put on (dress)' (D. 3482). |
| ***nal-*** (adj.) | 17.3.a | *nal-* (D. 3610). |
| ***nalli*** (N.) | 66.1.a | Prob., a personal name from *nal-* 'good' (D. 3610). |
| ***nali*** (*nalli*) | 65.1.a | See *nalli*. |
| (***n***)***āṭṭu*** (n., obl.) | 115.2.b | *nāṭu* (D. 3638). |
| ***nāṭu*** (prob., -*nāṭṭu*) (n., obl.) | 49.1.b | id. |
| ***nālaḷ*** (*nāḷal*) (P.) | 77.1. | From *ñāḻal, nāḷal* 'a flowering tree' (D. 2915). |
| ***nīr*** (n.) | 120.2.a | *nīr* (D. 3690 a). |
| ***nūṟu*** (num.) | 16.3 | *nūṟu* (D. 3729). |
| ***neṭi***(***m***)***-*** | 2.5.a | See **neṭu(m)-** . |
| ***neṭu-*** | 42.2.a, 55.5.c, 59.2.b | id. |
| ***neṭu***(***m***)***-*** (adj.) | 1.5.a | *neṭu-, neṭum-* (D. 3738). |
| ***nel*** (n.) | 7.1.a, 16.5 | *nel* (D. 3753). |
| -(***n***)***ai*** (LT *ney*) (n.) (in sandhi) | 70.1.b | *ney* (D. 3746). |
| ***nōṟṟa*** (v.) | 116.3 | *nōl* (D. 3800). |
| ***nōṟṟu*** (v.) | 115.7 | id. |
| ***paṇa-aṉ*** (n.) | 1.6 | Cf. *paṇavaṉ* (TL); *paṇ* (D. 3884). |
| ***patt***(***u***) (num.) | 116.1.b | *pattu* (D. 3918). |
| ***patiṉ-*** (num. adj.) | 30.1.a | *patiṉ-* (D. 3918). |