ഈ താളിൽ തെറ്റുതിരുത്തൽ വായന നടന്നിരിക്കുന്നു
8 A GRAMMAR IF THE
Initial. | Medial or Final. |
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ഇ, | —ി, | This mark, drawn over the consonant, thus കി is called വള്ളി Walli; as വില്ല Bow; പട്ടി Dog. |
ൟ | —ീ | This mark, named and used like the last, is made by adding a circle to the top part of the foregoing mark; thus ി, ീ; ചീട്ട Receipt, പീടിക Shop. |
ഉ, | —ു, | Affixed thus to ക, and ര, only; as കു, രു. |
—, | —ു, | Subscribed thus to ഗു, ഛു, ജു, തു, ഭു, ശു, & ഹു. |
—, | —ു, | Joined to the letters ണ, ന, and their double letters, as ണു, നു, etc. |
—, | —ു, | Subscribed to all the rest; thus ഖു, ങു, യു, ഴു, etc. |
ഊ | —ൂ, | Affixed to കൂ, and തൂ, only. |
—, | —ൂ, | Subscribed thus to ഗൂ, ഛൂ, ജൂ, ഭൂ, രൂ, ശൂ, and ഹൂ. |
—, | —ൂ, | Joined to the letters ണ, ന, and their double letters: as ണൂ, നൂ. |
—, | —ൂ, | Subscribed to all the others, as ഖൂ, ടൂ, യൂ, etc. |
ഋ, | —ൃ, | Subscribed thus കൃ, ചൃ, മൃ, etc. |
ൠ, | —ൄ, | Subscribed thus കൄ, ചൄ, മൄ, etc. |
ഌ, | ഌ, | Placed after the consonant, as കഌ, ശഌ, etc. |
ൡ, | —ൡ, | Placed after the last, thus കൡ, ശൡ. etc. |
Here, properly, ends this class of simple letters; though, for the reason before assigned, the whole 16 characters have been ranged under the head of അച്ചുകൾ, or vowels. The four following characters are compounds formed from the pre- ceeding letters; as, | ||
എ, | െ—, | This substitute for എ, called Pulli, is prefixed to consonants, and pronounced short or long, as usage has fixed the sound of the word of which it makes a part; thus മെത്ത bed, ചെതം loss4. |
4 In an ancient Malayalim Alphabet, now nearly obsolete, which ap-
pears to have been derived from an old Tamil Alphabet, of peculiar
character, and used for writing title deeds and grants of land, there are
two characters to distinguish the short and long എ; and it would tend
to make this language more definite, and be of great assistance to learn-