Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s4.15
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s4.15
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| ETYMA (IN THE CORPUS) | REF.NO. | DRAVIDIAN |
| ***polāl(a)*** (N. or P.) | 55.3.a | Prob., from a place name or caste name; cf. *polāḷa*, *polāḷuva*, etc., occurring as personal names in Ka. inscriptions. (*Epi. Car.* XIII: Index). |
| ***poṟai*** (N.) | 61.7.d | Cf. *poṟaiyaṉ* 'Cēra king' (*TL*); *poṟaiyaṉ* 'sustainer' < *poṟu* (D. 4565). |
| ***poṉ*** (n.) | 36.2.a, 69.2.a, 113.3.a | *poṉ* (D. 4570). |
| ***makaḷ*** (n.) | 65.3.b, 66.3 | *makaḷ* (D. 4616). |
| ***makaṉ*** (n.) | 20.2, 40.4, 56.5.b, 61.8, 61.10, 62.8, 62.10, 72.2, 84.3, 88.5 | *makaṉ* (D. 4616). |
| ***mattirai*** (*matirai*) | 38.1 | See *matirai*. |
| [***m***]***atira*** (variant of *matirai*) | 27.1 | id. |
| ***matiray*** (variant of *matirai*) | 36.1 | id. |
| ***matirai*** (LT *maturai*) (P.) | 24.2 | *matirai* (inscr., *SII.* I-III: Indexes); *maturai* (*TL*); cf. *matil* (Ta.), *maturu* (Te.) 'wall, fortification' (D. 4692). |
| ***malaṉ*** (*mallaṉ*) (N.) | 42.2.b | *mallaṉ* (D. 4730). |
| ***malai*** (n.) | 85.3.a, 119.1.c | *malai* (D. 4742). |
| ***māca-*** (*mācu* + a) (n., attribute) | 120.1.a | *mācu* (D. 4781); cf. *māci* 'mist, cloud' (*TL*). |
| ***-māṉ*** (*-māṉ*) | 59.2.c | See *-māṉ*. |
| ***māṟa-*** (N.) | 44.1.b | *māṟaṉ* 'Pāṇṭiya king' (*TL*). |
| ***-māṉ*** (< *makaṉ*) (n.) | 73.1.b | Cf. *em-māṉ* 'my son' (D. 4616); *peru-māṉ* 'great person' (*TL*). |
| ***mukai*** (n.) | 112.1.a | Cf. *mukai* 'cave' (*TL*). |
| ***muciṟi*** (P.) | 56.3 | *muciṟi* (*TL*). |
| [***m***]***uṭitta*** (v.) | 115.8 | *muṭi* (D. 4922). |
| ***mutā*** (adj.) | 61.1 | Cf. *mutu-*, *mutiya* (D. 4954). |
| ***muḻa-ukai*** (n.) | 17.3.b | Cf. *muḻai* 'cave' (D. 4994). |
| ***muḻākai*** (n.) | 7.3 | id. |
| ***muṉṟu*** (n.) | 67.2 | Cf. *muṉ*, *muṉṉu*, *mundu* (D. 5020a); (cf. LT *muṉṟil*). |
| ***mūtā*** (adj.) | 62.1 | Cf. *mūtu-*, *mūtta* (D. 4954). |
| ***mē(l)-*** (adj.) | 112.2.a | *mēl* 'west' (D. 5086). |
| ***mōci*** (N.) | 76.5 | *mōci* (*TL*). |
| ***yāṟṟu*** (n., obl.) | 61.3.a, 62.3, 63.1.a | *yāṟu* (obl. *yāṟṟu*) (D. 5159). |