[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003) › c29.s7.3 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s7.3 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s7.3 - **Language:** English ### [c29.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s7.3) | MORPHEME | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLE | REF. NO. | | \*\*-a\*\* | 1. Accusative case suffix | \*itta\* | 13.3 | | | 2. Adjectival past participle suffix | \*koṭṭupitta-a\* | 1.8 | | | 3. Attributive suffix | \*nanta-a\* | 1.2.a | | | 4. Genitive case suffix | \*ciḷivaṉ-a\* | 19.3 | | | 5. Infinitive suffix | \*vai(k)ka\* | 16.2 | | \*\*-am\*\* | Neuter singular nominative suffix | \*pēr-ay-am\* | 35.2 | | \*\*-ar\*\* | 1. Honorific singular suffix | \*\[ā\]cāri\[ya\]r\* | 115.4 | | | 2. Third person epicene plural suffix in pronoun | \*iruvar\* | 48.5 | | | 3. Third person epicene plural suffix in past participial noun | \*cētavar\* | 35.3 | | \*\*-al\*\* | Verbal noun suffix | \*ko(t)ṭal-\* | 12.2 | | \*\*-avaṉ\*\* | Third person masculine singular suffix in past participial noun | \*koṭupita-avaṉ\* | 44.3 | | \*\*-aḷ\*\* | Feminine singular suffix | \*makaḷ\* | 66.3 | | \*\*-aṉ\*\* | 1. Attributive suffix (alternatively, as in 2 below) | \*parampaṉ\* \*(parampu + aṉ)\* | 84.1.a | | | 2. Masculine singular suffix in appellative noun | \*kaṭal-aṉ\* | 1.7.a | | | 3. Masculine singular suffix in common noun | \*makaṉ\* | 20.2 | | | 4. Masculine singular suffix in personal name | \*neṭuñcaliyaṉ\* | 1.5 | - [Previous: c29.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s7.2) - [Next: c29.s7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s7.4) - [Up: c29.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s7.3) · Pramāṇa