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NOTE TO THE INTRODUCTION.
| TELUGU | CANNADI | TAMIL |
|---|---|---|
| Agalu to dig. | Agazh as in Cannadi in which language the Tamil zh is usually converted into l. | |
| Aggalu to become insufferable - be excessive. | Agey to be afraid - be pleased. | Agei to beat - cut - break in two. |
| Aggu to worship. | Example | Ahgu to decrease. Angar to gape. |
| Ats to give by compulsion-incur debt. | Atchu as in Telugu. The consonant in this root, which agrees with the first of the second series of consonants, is the Sanscrit alphabet, is pronounced tsa and cha in Telugu; cha in Can. and ta, tha, cha, and ja in Tam. according, as it is final or medial, single or double. |
|
| Anju to be alarmed - fear - frighten. | Anju as in Can. | |
| Antu to touch - stick or adhere - anoint the head. | Antu to join - stick together. | Antu to join - adjoin - approach - befit. This root, spelt with the same letters in the three dialects, is in Tamil pronounced Andu. |
| Adangu / Anangu / Aanugu to be destroyed - submit - be subdued or suppressed. | Adagu or Adangu to be contained- enclosed - subdued or suppressed - submit-recede. | Adangu as in Can. |
| Adaru to shine - shoot at. In the second sense it takes the formative intsu. |
Adaru to ascend - climb ride. | Adaru to throng - press together - be connected. |
| Adalu to weep bitterly. | Example | Example |
| Adu to slap. | Adu to cook. This root with a final e ode, means the same as in Telugu, and, also it to obtain-move. |
Adu to join - be near - be connected - to kill - fight - cook. With a final ei this root means, as in Can. to obtain and, also, to tie - unite. |
NOTE. This root is the primitive of all those in the three languages commencing with the letters ad, in which the leading idea of nearnet -junction, variously modified, is very apparent : the several modes of forming the secon-
