Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s4.7

c29.s4.7

| ETYMA (IN THE CORPUS) | REF.NO. | DRAVIDIAN |
| ***akaḻ*** (n.) | 76.3.a | *akaḻ* (D. 11). |
| ***añci*** (N.) | 59.2.d | *añci (TL).* |
| ***aṇṇi*** (n.) | 83.4.c | *aṇṇi* (D. 131). |
| ***aṇa*** (n.) | 120.2.b | *aṇai* (Ta.), *aṇa* (Ma.) (D. 122). |
| ***aṇi*** (n.) | 44.2.b | *aṇi* (D. 120). |
| ***ataṉ*** (N.) | 12.4.b, 13.2.b, 36.3.a, 36.3.b, 40.3, 40.5.a, 40.5.b | Cf. *ata(ṉ)-* in *ataṅkōṭṭ-ācāṉ (TL).* |
| ***atiyaṉ*** (*atiyaṉ*) (N.) | 59.2.a | *atiyaṉ* (*Aka.* 325:8). |
| ***atiṇṇaṉ*** (*atiṇṇaṉ*) (N.) | 7.2.b | *atiṇṇaṉ* in a coin-legend; (Table 1.6, No. 13). |
| ***atai*** (n.) | 30.2, 56.2 | Variant of *antai;* cf. *attaṉ* (D. 142). |
| ***antay*** | 77.2.b | See *antai.* |
| ***antuvaṉ*** (N.) | 53.1 | *antuvaṉ* (*Aka.*59:12). |
| ***antai*** (n.) | 3.7.a, 20.1.a, 25.1.a, 26.1.a, 27.2.a, 28.1.a, 29.1.b, 31.1.b, 32.1.b, 66.2.b, 67.1.b | *antai* (*Pallava Inscrs.* No. 74); occurs in LT only as a bound suffix in masc. personal names; cf. also *tantai, entai,* etc., (D. 3067). |
| ***apa-*** (*appa-*) (n.) | 79.1.b | *appaṉ* (D. 156). |
| ***ama*** (LT *amai*) (v.) | 48.6 | *amai* (D. 161). |
| ***ay-am*** (*ayam*) (n.) | 35.2.b | *ayam* (D. 188). |