ABBREVIATIONS.
 

xvn
 

Kad.
 

Kadattawa-nadu.
 

Nom.
 

Nominative (case).
 

KeiN.
 

Keivalya Navanitam.
 

N8.
 

Nyaya Shastram.
 

KM.
 

Kerala Mahatmyam.
 

obj.
 

objective.
 

KN.
 

Kerala Natakam.         r^j'g Bam.).
 

obi.
 

oblique case.
 

KB.
 

Kerala yarmaBamayanam(ValmT-
 

obs.
 

obsolete.
 

KU.
 

Kerala Utpatti.
 

obsc.
 

obscene.
 

KumK.
 

Kumaraharana Katha.
 

Onap.
 

Ona Patttt.
 

L.
 

Latin (tongue).
 

Onomat.
 

Onomatopoeia (Imitation of sound).
 

lit.
 

literally.
 

opp.
 

opposite.
 

loc.
 

local, local usage.
 

orig.
 

originally.
 

Loc.
 

Locative (case).
 

P.
 

Persian (tongue).
 

LPS,
 

LaxmT ParvatT Samwadam,
 

Palg.
 

Palghaut (district).
 

M,
 

Malayalam (tongue).
 

Palg. ezh.
 

do.      exhibition 1867.
 

m.
 

masculine gender.
 

part.
 

participle.
 

Mahr.
 

Mahrathi (tongue).
 

pass.
 

passive.
 

Mai.
 

Malabar (country).
 

Pat B.
 

Patala Bamayanam.
 

Malap.
 

Malapuram (place).
 

Pay.
 

Payanur Pattu.
 

Malay.
 

Malayan (tongue).
 

phil.
 

philosophy.
 

Mantr.
 

A collection of Mantrams.
 

pi.
 

plural (number).
 

math.
 

mathematics.
 

pleoo.
 

pleonastic.
 

MC,
 

M^ga Charitam (Cottayam).
 

Plin,
 

Pliny,
 

med.
 

medical, medicinal.
 

po.
 

poetic usage.
 

met.
 

metaphorically.
 

Port,
 

Portuguese (tongue).
 

milit.
 

military.                               [mams.
 

pos.
 

positive  (opp. negative; degree).
 

MM.
 

Marmamany, old treatise on Mar-
 

p. p.
 

participle of the perfect paBsive(S.).
 

mod.
 

modern.                                IDay.)
 

PP.
 

Puttan Pana, Cottayam 1844.
 

Mo. Pra.
 

Moxadayaka Prakaranam.   (Mox.
 

PB.
 

Prasua Blti.
 

Mpl. (Mapl.) Mappillas, Malabar Mohammedans.
 

PrC.
 

Prahlada Charitam.
 

MP. (Matsy,), Matsya Puranam.                (1856.)
 

prec.
 

preceding.
 

MB.
 

Collet Ch.,   Malayalam   Reader.
 

prep.
 

preposition.
 

MS., MSS.
 

-Manuscript, Manuscripts, [tram).
 

pres.
 

present tense.
 

Mud.
 

Hudraraxasam     (Chanakya   Su-
 

prh.
 

perhaps.
 

myth.
 

mythology, mythological.
 

prob.
 

probably.
 

Nal.
 

Nala Charitam.
 

pron.
 

pronoun.
 

Kasr.
 

Nasranis.
 

prov.
 

proverbs, proverbial.
 

N.
 

Name, Noun, North.
 

PT.
 

Panchatantram, in 2 versions.
 

n.
 

neuter gender; negative.
 

Ptol.
 

Ptolomy.
 

neg.
 

negative.
 

q.v.
 

quod vide = which see.
 

NegV.
 

Negative Verb.
 

BamK.
 

Bama Katha.
 

Hid.
 

Nidanam, Cottayam.
 

BC.
 

Bama Charitam.
 

K.N.
 

Name and surname.
 

Rel. Part., Pron, Belative Participle, Pronoun.
 

No., NoM.
 

North, North Malabar.
 

rev., Bev.
 

revenue papers, revenue term.
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