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--- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "M.N.Ramanuja" <mnr@xxxx> wrote:
>
> 
> These  rules apply to borrowed words in tamil.
> Adding a little more of the rules, when the word begins with short
'ra' as 
> in 'ranga' letter 'a' precedes it as in 'aravam' 'arambhaiyar' etc. 
> 
> When the word starts with a long 'aa' as in ramanuja, letter 'i'
precedes 
> it as in 'irAmanuja' 'iramayana' etc.
> 
> When the word starts with 'ru' or 'ruu' or 'ro' or 'lo' then the
word is 
> preceded by 'u' as in 'uruvam' 'uruupam' 'ulokam' 'urohini' etc.
> 
> It is seen that 'uruupam' became 'uruvam' 'ulokam' became 'ulaham' etc.
> 
> Regards
> Ramanuja
>

srI:
In Tamil, ulokam also means "metal" whereas alokam means "nonmetal".
dasan.








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