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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s7.4

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s7.4

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c29.s7.4

| MORPHEME | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLE | REF. NO. |
| **-ā** | 1. Adjectival suffix | *mutā* (*mutu* + *ā*) | 61.1 |
| | 2. Genitive case suffix | *nalli-[y]-ūr-ā* | 66.1 |
| **-ār** | Honorific singular suffix | *kiḻ[ā]r* | 84.2 |
| **-āṉ** | 1. Masculine singular suffix in personal name | *kāttāṉ* | 58.2 |
| | 2. Third person masculine singular suffix in past participial noun | *ceyvittāṉ* | 88.2 |
| *i-* | Prothetic affix before initial *r* in loanword | *irācar* | 111.1 |
| **-i-** | Past tense marker in adjectival past participle | *cē-iya* | 2.10 |
| **-i** | 1. Feminine singular suffix in appellative noun | *koṟṟi* | 66.4.b |
| | 2. Feminine singular suffix in common noun | *-aṇṇi* | 83.4.c |
| | 3. Paragogic suffix after noun ending in *-i* | *kaṇi-i* | 3.1 |
| | 4. Adverbial participle suffix | *āṭi* | 112.3 |
| **-iy** | Paragogic suffix after noun ending in *-i* | *pa(!)li-iy* | 1.9 |
| **-iṉ** | 1. Attributive suffix | *patiṉ-* (*pat* + *iṉ*) | 30.1.a |
| | 2. Genitive case suffix | *ariti=ṉ* (*ariti* + *iṉ*) | 34.2 |
| | 3. Past tense marker in adjectival past participle | *ā-iṉa* | 41.2 |
| **-u** | 1. Adverbial participle suffix | *nōṟṟu* | 115.7 |
| | 2. Derivational suffix | *piṇa-u* | 3.8 |
| | 3. Euphonic suffix added to noun | *eru(k)kā(ṭ)ṭu-ūru* | 52.1 |
| | 4. Euphonic suffix added to verb | *puṇaru-* | 85.2 |