[in poet.] A resemblance between the first letter of one சீர் or foot, and the first letter of one or more of the succeeding feet, in the same line. See தொடை.–Note. அ. corresponds with ஆ, ஐ, ஔ; இ, with ஈ, ஏ, ஏ; உ, with ஊ, ஒ, ஓ; ச with த; ஞ with ந, &c
Fabricius (1972)
மோனை — noun
the beginning, ஆதி
(மோனைத்தொடை) the rhyming letter of the feet in a verse or line, alliteration