[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.s7.4 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c29.s7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.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 | - [Previous: c29.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s7.3) - [Next: c29.s7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s7.5) - [Up: c29.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s7.4) · Pramāṇa