Dravidian Studies V
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2821212 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Burrow (0000-0002-3805-7606, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1945 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 595-616 |
| Publication date | 1945-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x0007230x |
| OpenAlex | W4237024695 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
An initial y- is found in Tamil only before long ā in such Words as yā1E49;ai elephant, yāṭu goat, yāṟu river, yāmai tortoise, etc. Side by side with these forms We also have forms without the initial y-, āṉai, āṭu, etc., and an examination of literary usage shows that the forms with initial y- has been dropped. In the early anthologies the forms with initial yā- greatly preponderate; in Middle Tamil, literature yā- and ā- forms are indifferently used; while in Modern Tamil, Particularly in the spoken language, ā- forms alone are current. The following is a list of such words together with their cognates in the other Dravidian languages:-Ta. yā, ā to bind, tie; to dam up, stop, confine, yākkai binding, bond; body, ākkai body; strips of fibre used for thatching, yāppu binding, bond; metre, prosody, āppu bandage, tie; body; wedge, Ma. āppu wedge, plug, what stops a crevice, Ka. āpu a restraint, a stoppage, what stops, Malt. eye to tie, bind, 3rd p.t. ēcha, ēpu the fibres of a wild plant of which cord is made, Kur. ēp string, cord, rope, (with prothetic h-) hē' enā to tie, bind, 3rd p.t. hēcas
Cord · Geometry · Linguistics · Optics · Physics · Prosody · Rope · Structural engineering · Tamil · Wedge (geometry) · Ancient Near East History · Engineering · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1968 - 1997 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |