KT: Abbreviations
texts/authors/readers:
- AiN
- Aiṅkuṟunūṟu
- AN
- Akanāṉūṟu
- AV
- Akapporuḷ Viḷakkam
- Cam.
- Caminataiyar's commentary on KT
- Cil.
- Cilappatikāram
- Cīvak.
- Cīvakacintāmaṇi
- Cēṉ.
- Cēṉāvaraiyar's commentary on Tol. col.
- IA
- Iṟaiyaṉār Akapporuḷ
- KT
- Kuṟuntokai
- Kal.
- Kalittokai
- L./M.
- Word Index of Caṅkam Literature Lehmann/Malten 1992
- L./Sh.P.
- KT translation of Ludden/Shanmugan Pillai 1976
- NA
- Naṟṟiṇai
- Nacc.
- Nacciṉārkkiṉiyar's commentary (on TP, Kal., Cīvak.)
- Nakk.
- Nakkīraṉ's commentary (on IA)
- PN
- Puranāṉūṟu
- Parip.
- Paripāṭal
- Patiṟṟup.
- Patiṟṟuppattu
- Pattup.
- Pattuppāṭṭu
- Sh.P.
- edition of KT Shanmugan Pillai 1994
- TP
- Tolkāppiyam Poruḷatikāram
- Tol. col.
- Tolkāppiyam Collatikāram
- D.G.
- Dominic Goodall's suggestions
- Dub.
- Alexander Dubianski's suggestions
- T.V.G.
- T.V. Gopal Iyer's oral commentary
- Srin.
- Srinivasan Ayya Srinivasan's suggestions
grammatical terms/reference works:
{INF}
circular construction
{Word-Order-Change}
formula with word order changed
a., acc.
accusative
abs.
absolutive
adj.
adjective
adv.
adverb
Agesthialingom
Agesthialingom's grammar on Patiṟṟup.
Beythan
Beythan's Praktische Grammatik der Tamilsprache 1943
cond.
conditional
conc.
concessive
DEDR
Dravidian Etymological Dictionary (2{X}nd{/X} edition)
d., dat.
dative
f.
feminine
g., gen.
genitive
h.
honorific
i., inst.
instrumental
i.a.
imperfective aspect
ind.
Krishnambal's KT index (1974)
inf.
infinitive
l., loc.
locative
m.
masculine
n.
neuter
obl.
oblique
p.a.
perfective aspect
p.n.
participial noun
pl.
plural
part.
participle
pey.
peyareccam
Skt.
Sanskrit
sg.
singular
suff.
suffix
TL
Tamil Lexicon
v., voc.
vocative