McAlpin, David W. A core vocabulary for Tamil. Rev. ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Dept. of South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1981.
Entries in Appendix I, grouped by semantics and usage, are not included in this online presentation. Readers are encouraged to consult the scanned copy of A core vocabulary for Tamil for information in Appendix I.
Entries numbered 984-996 in Appendix II, "High Fequency High Literary Words Not Included in the Core Vocabulary," from page 131 in the printed vocabulary, are displayed as an addition to the main sequence following entries 1-983.
The data for this dictionary was most recently updated in October 2020.
This dictionary is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education.
