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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§241

Ntussa tam īkāre

Optionally, when ‘ī’ follows, [there is] ‘ta’ of ‘ntu’.

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241. 191. Ntussa tam īkāre

[Ntussa + taṃ + īkāre = 3 words]

Sabbass’ eva ntupaccayassa takāro hoti vā īkāre pare.

Guṇavatī, guṇavantī; kulavatī, kulavantī; satimatī, satimantī; mahatī, mahantī; gottamatī, gottamantī.

Optionally, when ‘ī’ follows, [there is] ‘ta’ of ‘ntu’.
Optionally, when the letter ‘ī’ follows, the whole suffix ‘ntu’ becomes ‘ta’.
Examples
  1. Guṇavatī = guṇavantu + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “guṇavantu” (§239); ‘ntu’ is substituted by ‘ta’ (§241); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
  2. Guṇavantī = guṇavantu + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “guṇavantu” (§239); ‘u’ is elided (§83); ‘si’ is elided (§220)).
  3. Kulavatī = kulavantu + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “kulavantu” (§239); ‘ntu’ is substituted by ‘ta’ (§241); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
  4. Kulavantī = kulavantu + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “kulavantu” (§239); ‘u’ is elided (§83); ‘si’ is elided (§220)).
  5. Satimatī = satimantu + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “satimantu” (§239); ‘ntu’ is substituted by ‘ta’ (§241); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
  6. Satimantī = satimantu + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “satimantu” (§239); ‘u’ is elided (§83); ‘si’ is elided (§220)).
  7. Mahatī = mahantu + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “mahantu” (§239); ‘ntu’ is substituted by ‘ta’ (§241); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
  8. Mahantī = mahantu + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “mahantu” (§239); ‘u’ is elided (§83); ‘si’ is elided (§220)).
  9. Gottamatī = gottamantu + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “gottamantu” (§239); ‘ntu’ is substituted by ‘ta’ (§241); ‘si’ is elided (§220); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).
  10. Gottamantī = gottamantu + si (‘ī’ is inserted after “gottamantu” (§239); ‘u’ is elided (§83); ‘si’ is elided (§220)).

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Pāḷi text and English translation by Bhikkhu Nandisena; edition, apparatus and glossary by the Instituto de Estudios Buddhistas Hispano (IEBH). This material may be reproduced for personal use and distributed free of charge. Copyright © 2026 IEBH. Published under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21948010.