Kc 33

[Kaccāyanabyākaraṇaṃ, Sandhikappa, Catutthakaṇḍa, Sutta 33]

33. 51. Sa ye ca (141).

Niggahitaṃ kho yakāre pare saha yakārena ñakāraṃ pappoti vā.

When the letter ‘y’ follows, the niggahita together with the letter
‘y’ optionally becomes ‘ñ’.

Saññogo, saññuttaṃ.

Examples:
saññogo: saṃ yogo; sañ ñogo (33); saññogo.
saññuttaṃ: saṃ yuttaṃ; sañ ñuttaṃ (33); saññuttaṃ .

Vā ti kasmā? Saṃyogo, saṃyuttaṃ.

Why say ‘optionally’? To prevent the operation of this rule in the
following: Saṃyogo, saṃyuttaṃ.

Counter Examples:
saṃyogo.
saṃyuttaṃ.

-- translation by Ven. U Nandisena, 2004

-- posted (with some minor editing) by Jim Anderson, 24 August 2010
    (full moon, 17 05 GMT)