tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589262742552970093.post2873978084919115283..comments2023-12-16T01:25:41.229-08:00Comments on Malayalam Etymology: Grimm's Laws for Malayalam? (Or how to form തദ്ഭവം )Vinodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05762342308994910228noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589262742552970093.post-7206202343490560862013-01-24T19:09:35.780-08:002013-01-24T19:09:35.780-08:00Thanks for the comment Barnacles.
I was wondering...Thanks for the comment Barnacles.<br /><br />I was wondering what exactly these phoneme replacement rules are. In other words, given a sanskrit word, can we systematically arrive at its malayalam form? <br />Vinodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762342308994910228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-589262742552970093.post-18021698836910881982013-01-24T03:50:15.091-08:002013-01-24T03:50:15.091-08:00It appears as if the phonemes that didn't exis...It appears as if the phonemes that didn't exist in ancient Malayalam were substituted with the nearest available equivalent (as with Tamil even today). The way സിംഹം became ചിങ്ങം, for example. Or how the Sanskrit root [സംഘട്ട്] might have ben 'corrupted' to ചങ്ങാതി.Blistering Barnacleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02961068082128223787noreply@blogger.com