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and (Symbol missingTelugu characters) he, she, or it asked, make (Symbol missingTelugu characters) he, she, or it asked the Goddess of learning ; (Symbol missingTelugu characters) the moon (in the accusative case) and (Symbol missingTelugu characters) having seen, make (Symbol missingTelugu characters) having seen the moon. It must here be particularly observed that the accusatives abovementioned are, in the first place, for the sake of example, deprived of their drootuprukrootica affixes.

When a word, both ending and beginning with a vowel, is repeated, there 106 is Sund hi; thus, (Symbol missingTelugu characters) an elder brother, when repeated, becomes (Symbol missingTelugu characters). brother! brother! (Symbol missingTelugu characters) what, in the same manner, becomes (Symbol missingTelugu characters) what ! what!

The pronoun (Symbol missingTelugu characters) she or it, when added, in composition, to other words, frequently loses the initial (Symbol missingTelugu characters) thus, (Symbol missingTelugu characters) a husbandman, a labourer, and (Symbol missingTelugu characters) she, become, in composition, (Symbol missingTelugu characters) a female labourer, by the elision of (Symbol missingTelugu characters) in (Symbol missingTelugu characters); but in consequence of (Symbol missingTelugu characters) ending in (Symbol missingTelugu characters), Sund hi also may take place, according to rule 100, and the two words in question will then become (Symbol missingTelugu characters); in the same way, (Symbol missingTelugu characters) a man of the Comtee cast, and (Symbol missingTelugu characters) she, make (Symbol missingTelugu characters) a woman of the Comtee cast, but as the elision of (Symbol missingTelugu characters) is optional, we may also say (Symbol missingTelugu characters) by inserting coo according to rules 95 and 89.

Inflexions ending in (Symbol missingTelugu characters) or (Symbol missingTelugu characters), though included in the class of (Symbol missingTelugu characters) kululoc, affix (Symbol missingTelugu characters) when followed by postpositions, or prefixed in composition to other nouns commencing with an initial vowel, thus, (Symbol missingTelugu characters) Rama, and (Symbol missingTelugu characters) opposite, make (Symbol missingTelugu characters) opposite Rama, (Symbol missingTelugu characters) a serpent, and (Symbol missingTelugu characters) bones, make (Symbol missingTelugu characters) a serpent's bones.


Having thus endeavoured to explain the changes which take place, when a word terminating in a connected vowel is followed by one commencing* with art initial vowel, I shall proceed to state those which occur, when a word ending with a connected vowel is followed by one commencing with a consonant.

If a word beginning with a consonant bo preceded by another included in the class termed Sv ex> hululoo, there is no elision or insertion of lettflfs and permutation takes place in the following instances only.