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Malayalam
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Tamil -𑀐 (-ai).
- -ന (-na) — after another vowel
Suffix
-അ • (-a) (dialectal, Judeo, Central)
- accusative case ending
- അവള് (avaḷŭ, “she (distal)”) + -അ (-a) → അവള (avaḷa, “her”) (standard അവളെ (avaḷe))
Etymology 2
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- -ന (-na) — after another vowel
Suffix
-അ • (-a) (dialectal, Judeo)
- genetive case ending
- അവള് (avaḷŭ, “she (distal)”) + -അ (-a) → അവള (avaḷa, “her”) (standard അവളുടെ (avaḷuṭe))
References
- Gamliel, Ophira (2013) Voices Yet to be Heard: On Listening to the Last Speakers of Jewish Malayalam, Jerusalem: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem