Guest guest Posted May 11, 2001 Report Share Posted May 11, 2001 CTamil, lsrinivas wrote: > When I was reading this it occurred to me that there are certain > identifiable doublets with inital m- and without it. > > 1. maNi/aNi (generic jewel) > 2. malar/alar (to blossom, flower) > 3. mAcu/Acu (fault) > 4. mayir/ayir? (in the sense of fineness) > > There may be more. Maybe KVZ' books on morphology/phonology talk of > this phenomenon. Evidently the form with m- is commoner. > What about 'aamra' (= the mango tree , Mangifera Indica MBh)? Tamil mAmaram 'mango tree' with initial m- loss, will become 'Amra'. Regards, N. Ganesan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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