A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v2.c12.208

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(2). Stems in *la*. Many nouns ending in *la* do not come under this head, because the *l* is part of the root, काल, कुल, बाल, जाल and others, which are to be considered as formed by pratyayas leaving *a* only. Of those which are really formed by the suffix *la*, the following are some of the commonest.