Sūtra 6·2·80
उपमानं शब्दार्थप्रकृताव् एव
upamānaṃ śabdārthaprakṛtāv eva
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When the first member of a compound expresses that with which resemblance is denoted, then it has acute on the first syllable, before a word formed by ṇini affix, only then, when such latter word is a radical without any preposition, and means ‘giving out a definite sound like so and so’.
Padapāṭha upamānam śabdaarthaprakṛtau evaउपमानम् शब्दअर्थप्रकृतौ एव