-അ

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Malayalam[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Tamil -𑀐 (-ai).

Alternative forms[edit]

  • -ന (-na) — after another vowel

Suffix[edit]

-അ • (-a) (dialectal, Judeo, Central)

  1. accusative case ending
    ‎അവള് (avaḷŭ, “she (distal)”) + ‎-അ (-a) → ‎അവള (avaḷa, “her”) (standard അവളെ (avaḷe))

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms[edit]

  • -ന (-na) — after another vowel

Suffix[edit]

-അ • (-a) (dialectal, Judeo)

  1. genetive case ending
    ‎അവള് (avaḷŭ, “she (distal)”) + ‎-അ (-a) → ‎അവള (avaḷa, “her”) (standard അവളുടെ (avaḷuṭe))

References[edit]

  • Gamliel, Ophira (2013) Voices Yet to be Heard: On Listening to the Last Speakers of Jewish Malayalam‎[1], Jerusalem: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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