ஈ-row (கீ ஙீ சீ …)
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The ஈ-row compound letters — uyirmey (உயிர்மெய்) — are formed by joining each of the 18 pure consonants with the vowel ஈ. The result: 18 single glyphs that each carry one consonant and one vowel sound.
How they’re formed
க் + ஈ = கீ (kī) · ங் + ஈ = ஙீ (ṅī) · ச் + ஈ = சீ (cī)
… and so on for all 18 consonants. The vowel sign ீ attaches to every consonant in the same way.