-അ

Malayalam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ɐ/

Etymology 1

From Old Tamil -𑀐 (-ai).

Alternative forms

• -ന (-na) — after another vowel

Suffix

-അ • (-a) (dialectal, Judeo, Central)

1. accusative case ending

   ‎അവള് (avaḷŭ, “she (distal)”) + ‎-അ (-a) → ‎അവള (avaḷa, “her”) (standard അവളെ (avaḷe))

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

• -ന (-na) — after another vowel

Suffix

-അ • (-a) (dialectal, Judeo)

1. 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^[1], Jerusalem: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem