This sniew. “coi chentive Tamil -Englih= Tamil: Lexicon is — compiled:-on ‘= philological: basis. Init; all Tamil” words — and” ducidentally those of the- other “Dravidian dinleets — together with Prefisay “aulfixes and other: morphological elements: are, as much a possible, “traced. te. their” roots. or most: elementary linguist forme, — thut presen omplete analysis of the Tamil Iongunze, an order=to facilitate study forall. Another new feature is: the newly discovered Sumerian, Hitlite’ &c are shown, forthe first ‘ = thevaid of the:cluea obtained from Dravidian Etymology, shedding a flbod “oflight on the true.origin of @ Inrge percentage sof their words. The work is planned to be: completed ta wa, compact volumes of about a-thousand pages each. isaved in twenty: “parte, [favill contain more words than “are found in the Madiay University. Tamil= Lexicon, beside the new etymological and Bemnaceive mabrgt above referred 0. = 3: PART It 2ETYMOLOGICAL AND COMPARATIVE LEXICON OF THE TAMIL LANGUAGE Ger 19 priny-pen Dus ad A3217D VOLUME I Part It 38289 CEYLON ‘THIRUMAKAL PRESS, CHUNNAKAM tgaOS GYB ALAKALUNKU 7 udku, m, (i623, . aeagi@ ala Long papper: 2. seoosr alakuicam, a. tid. See, however, alatiai] Glow worm Bees, 4? alaku, m, I. Measure, quantity 2. Standard of measurement: ives se aa Peete oe cata aia eee aca oe 41). 5. Number, calculations w=, words. 6, Cowries &c as signs of number in reckoning; “us 7. A lec of arecanuts: ings. —CPDS gaa’ eskon nieasure; ev ~ To sean, as averse; 3 aan ven-pa, A kind of verse in verph motte; were ai ems ler, J. 510). eee ei “kadda To settle accounts Buz grea pes kalikiea, To subtract, to deduct a number of seeds; Bes wadu| wings Osrt® Ozima emeie.| 405-Basv Pnilai [Y niai, ‘state'] Resalt, of a computation, 23 inaddition'&es safe 0-23-00 gent alakai 1. Standard) awe (Sand 32, 2) [For eraieai® see under ald; yA Te oe Coatehe]| ot alaikadai, ads. “abt haga, ‘place’ ays ay snc} In places otlier than, except in the case of a (ars. see. 30), sqesiaw* alaakam, nm. {tr araikam* —= artist! Small island in the midst of a river; wodeu? eas, wisi’, geéssr alankam, "2, ni. (U.'alang) Rampart, bulwark, Garized (Btn SAS), | GOH. s05, HodBATE 526 alas Skat, TF 8. tr. falom= ++ Brie ‘to do—aqwis! Fat 2-} To adorn, deconto; bemrAzed, Creatas geiiasoo alankaranam, ».| Tid] Adornments 2: soaisnmd) alaikiram, 1. [id] 3, Adomment, decoration; eas chy. 0 8O ser J 4. Graces and omaments of melody Sas eocy sins 5, Rhetorical embellishment, figure’ of language, Gednjeres?, There are 35 figures of language, viz: (L) era, a word or phase expressing the’ nature of @ thing; (2) eee a parable; (A) epee, metaphor; (8) 301, a word once used end understood in the other parts of the sentence: (8) Seauste, the repetition of the) Word beginning a sentence with the same or. difforent signe: ation; (6) gat! dogs, rejecting a tuth asserted, by showing its absurdity; (1) ¢e,22 aurigar ex establishing the truth of a. parti cular fact” by a general truth; (6) Caseex, ‘contrast; (9) dura, separating elfects from their proper causes and attributing them to other causes alluded to: (10) 23, an allegory: (Il) ofo24, hyper bole or exegerated description | (12) 240 80s325, a principal Kind of metaphor; (1a) ex figire showing the cause &e; (14) ota, figure which presents a suitable idea, by a corresponding hint &c (15)'pGe=8, a figure in which a| trifling excuse is given, 28 cloak for a thing of greater magnitude: (1s) aeon2, one of the cight kkinds of construction of a sentence, icc. the scparate successive arrange. ments of @ series of nouns and, their verbs in natural or reverse, order: (17) zgi=@00:, an affectionate word ot phrase; (IS) em2, the passions or emotions of the mind expressed. by gesture, exhibited in action and transferred to postrys| (19) siBintntomr, elf adaletion; | (20) SAucaé, a figuee in thetoric by which ene thing is told and another connected with it is ine tended; (21) sinus, the accomplish- ing of one's object by indirect @2) ead, a figure which’ expresses copiousness, riche enterprise, Re: (23) a.98, | ing. the character, quality or essence of a person or thing in order to attribute the same to) others; (24 ¢@ve-, a word of! double interpretation; (20) éG-u0, distinguishing @ cause by ascrib ing to it effects which it is in-, adequate to produce; (26) adveisd ‘ALLE, enumeration of analogous words &e: (27) S¢rsait, opposition (8) ergo ye8%, ‘praising a per, ALANKITAY 149 son or thing to. the disparage: tment of another; (29) caeyo2 mak om praise, flattery &c, coucked i terms’ of dispraise, (30) afr feigning a thing in nature as doing good or evil” to another, a speles of persgication a5 3 moce of meral instructi BY Gerisie, a figure in which the Same epithets or attributes are adapted to two or more different fubjects Ba figure; in thetoris, describing an. exchange of beauties, escellencies (23) =n. congratulation ( blending of several figures (33) ur Moral instruction, ference, applications &c., from events re- lated in epic poems. (Winslow). 6. Ordinary meal offered in Vishnu temples i ) i Pew oe pie goes. —CPDS si-dtwsr “piriyan [+ S. priya Noving’ prob. akin wT. “pirt] Vishnu; sox genie ty-c- Guta “pec, (+piccm, ‘speech'] Ornate speech, flattery wares, gaan [4S pate five things’) anise stoeaireus “mandapam [+ 5. mand-apa alankaram, 1, (E. alu of peck. alam, ‘saline soil’ + ay- am, ‘alcali’ —? jaet + e150") Saltpetre; Gasqu. edi acs aladkitan, n. [alwihiraam Yellow orpimont; fers,160 wgeocienp og ALANKU goby atanin fl +. det 5m intr, [rte 2ad format. (i) Marae alact, Fv. nie. [rt al “¥. det, -a'+(e)-n°, ‘To move Font: ‘to move to and fro, to to and fro, to be agitated.” Ch vibrate, to glisten’ Cf. ayaithu.) al-a-ow. Other forms aia, ai-i, Other forms ala, alu, al-eai &e.—| ab-at &o—r/ajo+ -ay® + (41) 2", Vad +o + (8) 8 $28 Same] | era sdadlaad. 9c. ary zamiby eh, worm éa8. gi Sea. | lat, 219, eam Fame amine ti ohare 2 Te Shaker sae apse, ee he AP enctin;| Eads 8,7). 2. To be agitated, to Be) Gog ye be To. bel suffer; sotoed (nies inn. 18) Goatlea; at geese. 3. To| 4. To beesbausted) Corea (se eee pathic oor, 4 (ct| 20, 107 wea). 4. [oir] To alaitku) To shine, flash; ge Qruze.. rinse; 5. To snub; Baug-s6 j amiisé alafikal, mid. + -al?] = ant aaa Can: ms uoried cemeemmaalaeagiy ot leached] a. Waving ear of com: ajmsya| VeXsHoms ee fan Got iy Sprott te alt Fe 4 Regualaity, See 5 : i ae | agers alacal, me {ide 4-0] atng ne (CLAY ® Fag) “iar ig ele thrown te gether, huddled up; @se-3 @L2 sever? snari (+5, nor, ‘woman! i 1 f man!) Gs 2. Business which does not Motheroi-pearl: atae| Sor 3. Business. ack aah eet axised dankalam, © [id +) ; -am™| Movements aearma, aah alac, # fide +-i] A E ‘| iy) hind of shelllish that’ adherea to Aaa aniline mid o]] the. keel of ships, rocks &i gf Salata eae C)S| tesa! pies: | Sacred basil; | as Stadaeve asses deukasm| 994° ¢H eR, 1, Sono, Skolat (Cf. alavkulai —: = gaa] Disorder, sloveniiness; 1M, aleihotan, * | gutuent clattargr, ott oltre} Benthen Water tats te ona ecu aladciyam, 1. [+ a" Sots, ‘deserving to he regards fe. Jats, ‘akin to 7. tacky gar ue!) 1. Indifference, 20 2. Contempt: e@adereee. = epagene alaceai, n[a*48. lai ‘shame’, alsin to T. vel-hu—Qae sa] Absense of bashfulness; Soe aa aieeaib alacakam, (Cf. alacant] Comnion anise; Gen, HOEGe Agu gv ye farm alacadi, V. alan; ain-aa| s@tet— S29 cause agitation; args (85. 79). 2. {v. ante.) To chatter, tak ones, date Banos (Co se Slit, ar eae’ Mi & it Top tilt seem auen tt Gi Unlebece under taper astue alappal, 1, Confused noise; Talking nonsense: sisdussp alapparai, sarai, * + comp!) 1