-അ

• IPA^(key): /-ɐ/

From Old Tamil -𑀐 (-ai). Cognate with Tamil -ஐ (-ai).

• -ന (-na) — after another vowel
• -എ (-e) — standard suffix

-അ • (-a) (dialectal, Judeo, Central)

1. accusative case ending

   ‎അവള് (avaḷŭ, “she (distal)”) + ‎-അ (-a) → ‎അവള (avaḷa, “her”) (standard അവളെ (avaḷe))

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• -ന (-na) — after another vowel

-അ • (-a) (dialectal, Judeo)

1. genetive case ending

   ‎അവള് (avaḷŭ, “she (distal)”) + ‎-അ (-a) → ‎അവള (avaḷa, “her”) (standard അവളുടെ (avaḷuṭe))

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *-ay. Cognate with Tamil -ஐ (-ai).

-അ • (-a)

1. noun formative

   ‎വിൽക്കുക (vilkkuka, “to sell”) + ‎-അ (-a) → ‎വില (vila, “price”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• -ഇയ (-iya) — after another vowel

-അ • (-a)

1. adjective formative

   ‎നൽ- (nal-, “goodness”) + ‎-അ (-a) → ‎നല്ല (nalla, “good”)

• Gamliel, Ophira (2013) Voices Yet to be Heard: On Listening to the Last Speakers of Jewish Malayalam‎^[1], Jerusalem: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem