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Tolkappiyar Tolkappiyam in English — Consonant coalescence Section 1 Chapter 8 pul'l'i-mayangiyal

Words with [nj] -ending Preceding verbal noun ending in [nj] , whether in case or non case relation, coalesces with [u] -suffix and with augmentation of the succeeding word having hard-consonant-initial. 297/1 Adding suffix [u] will remain even before the words having [nj] , [n,] , [m] and [v] initial. 298/2 Words with [n,] -ending Words with [nj] -ending also coalesce in the same way in non-case relation. 299/3 In case relation, suffix- [u] will change into [a] .
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