* அகர ஆகாரம் வரூஉங் காலே ஈற்றுமிசை அகரம் நீ டலும் உரித்தே-தொல்காப்பியம் 8:16. In Tamil one can find this kind of elision. Vaazhka–H A van = Vaazhkavan (621m gh 35 + 91621 6ör = sou rgħ s6nu 6ör), Varuka + enal (sou (1535 -- sтвог бо- such as sor so), Utta + uzhi = Uttuzhi (உற்ற--உழி = 2 pô gyg@). Sanskrit classifies this as Pararupa sandhi. Pra + eejathe = Preejathe (ui r-- 6rg (335 = li (3 ugg (3:5); Upa-H Ooshad hi = Upoushadi (2-L-I-326); # = p_(3 Lum op 5). This elision is found in Telugu also. Meena + aththa = meenaththa (Gud sar + <s) $ 45 = G3 unsor 335), the other form meenayaththa ((3LD&n u_j & 3) is also used. There is yet another method in which an altogether different form of the word is used to avoid a vowel ending with a vowel beginning. In Tamil the two short vowel words ending in ‘u” (a ) are inflected to give a consonantal or Kuttukaram (35 spg), 4 Jub) base for the second vowel, as Oru + uur = Ooruur) 5Pg5 + zeer f = 3.Pe5if), Peru + aasai = Peeraasai (6)L1(tb + seb 6 » F = G L Tir 6:o 3) Citu + ati = Cittati, or Ciitati (st p + -ostq- = Ribotą- sysosog F wią-), Puthu+aatai = Puththaatai (Hg + show – = புத்தாை t–), athu + antu = ahthantu (அது + அன்று = அஃ தன்று). Finally there is another method called “Yodization”. It becomes a convenient glide for the vowels. Yodization is coined to denote the process whereby a front vowel in hiatus turns into a “yod” which palatalizes the ps. Seding consonant. A study of the languages will reveal that one or several of the methods mentioned above are used by them to overcome hiatus and yet in the long process of their development these languages have allowed hiatus to stand as, it is and pronounce the two vowels separately unmindful of the inconvenience in articulating them with a pause. 292
