NOTE TO THE INTRODUCTION.
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ROOTS UNDER THE LETTER | |
| SANSCRIT. | TELUGU. |
V. | |
| Vak to be crooked - move. | Vaga or Vagu to grieve - pretend grief - consult. |
| Vag to be lame. | Vagir to speak deceitfully - bark as a dog. |
| Vach to speak - order. | Vangu to stoop. |
| Vaj to move - renew or repair. | Vats to come. |
| Vat to surround - share - speak. | Vantsu to bind- pour water from a vessel. |
| Vata to surround - share. | Vrats to divide. |
| Vanta to share. | Vatu to become lean. |
| Vath to go alone - be able. | Vattu to dry up. |
| Vad to shine - surround. | Vattru to shine. |
| Van to sound. | Vaddu to serve food. |
To shew that an intimate radical connection exists between the Telugu and other dialects of Southern India, fifteen roots have been taken in alphabetical order from the Dhatu-mala above mentioned, under the first vowel and first consonant, with which the correspondent roots of the Tamil and Cannadi are compared : the Tamil roots are from a list compiled by the Head Tamil Master at the College, compared with the Sadur Agaradi and other dictionaries
and the Cannadi roots are from an old list explained in Sanscrit.
| TELUGU | CANNADI | TAMIL |
|---|---|---|
| Accarey to feel affection for, love. This root, in Telugu accara and in Tamil accarei, is used as a noun, only in these languages. |
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| Accalu to contract the abdominal muscles. This root is never used without the formative syllable intsu in Telugu, MM in Can. which gives an active sense to primitive roots, and a causal sense to the derivative themes of verbs. |
Accalu as in Telugu. | |
| Aggalu to separate. | Agalu as in Telugu also, to become extended. to extend - lament. | Agal as in Telugu - also, to keep at a distance - pass beyond. |
| Agavu, to call, play. |
