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The following derivatives 'oruvan' 'oruvaḷ' 'orutti', etc.
are used as pronominal nouns.
101. What are the other numeral nouns?
Raṇṭu (= two), (in composition iru, ir); múnu (= three),
(in composition mu, mun, mún, mú); nál, nálu (=four);
anchu (=five), (in composition ei, eim, am); áru, ár
(= six); ézhu (= seven); eṭṭu (= eight), (in composition
eṇ); onpatu (= nine), (in composition toṇṇ, tóḷ); pattu
(=ten), (in composition pati, panti) from the Sanskrit
pankti (= a point or dot); etc. etc.
From these many other numbers are derived pattu and
āyiram (= a thousand) (= sahasram) are derived from
the Sanskrit: laksham (= a hundred thousand), kóṭi
(= ten millions) etc. are pure Sanskrit numeral nouns. *
CLASSIFICATION AND INFLECTION OF VERBS.
102. Into how many classes are verbs divided according
to their form?
Into two; strong verbs and weak verbs.
i) 'póku' (=go), 'kéṭu' (= spoil), etc. are weak verbs.
ii.) Those which take 'kku' at the end are strong verbs.
* 'Or, ir, mu, mú, nál, ei, eim, en' etc. are nouns used as numerals.
When joined with another noun, the numeral and the noun to-
gether, the noun and the numeral should be parsed as one compound
noun. Again in 'onnam', 'renṭam’, ám (= ákum) is a verb.
