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DERIVATION OF VERBS.
198. How many letters are sufficient to form a verbal root?
One or two letters are sufficient to form a verbal root.
Ex.: ká, chá, nó, pó, mú, vá, kaḷ, chel, kaṇṇ, veḷ, cher̥u (chur̥u),
peru, níḷ, neṭu, kur̥u, pazha, nal, chí, putu, che (chu),
chuṭu, chol.
199. Are these roots in use as verbal crude-forms?
Some are in use as verbal crude-forms.
Ex: 'káyunnu' (=it is warming), 'chel' (=move), 'chíyum'
(=it will turn bad), 'chuṭuka' (=the getting hot) etc.
Some although in use as verbal crude-forms have
become defective, and exist only in certain forms of
the infinitive verb, these are chiefly used in qualifying
nouns and verbs.
Ex: i. (a) 'Neṭiya' (lit. which became long), as in 'neṭiya
manushyan’ (=a tall man).
(b) 'neṭum' (lit. which is or will become long), as in
'neṭum pura' (= a long shed).
(c) 'neṭu' (lit. which is or will become long), as in
'neṭu paṭṭam' (= a long turban).
ii. (a) 'cher̥iya' (lit. which became small), as in 'cher̥iya
kuṭṭi' (= a small boy).
(b) 'cher̥um' (lit. which is or will become small), as
in 'cher̥um pul' (= low grass).
(c) 'cher̥u' — ditto — as in 'cher̥u nárangga' (= a lime
or small orange).
