"NO. 47.— 1896.] PLACE NAMES IN THE VANNL 



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Komparuttamadu ... 



Kompuvaittakulam 



Mayilniuddaiyiddakulam 



Odduchuddan 



Oddaruttakulam 



Chuduveyntapulavu . . . 

 Karappukutti 



Ammivaittan 

 Kodaliparichchan 

 Iddimurinchan 

 Paddadaimurinchan ... 

 Paraniddakallu 



Porikkadavai 

 Alavedduvan 

 Pirappuveddu van 

 Kalvedditidal (corrupt- 

 ly Kalavedditidal) . . . 

 Unchalkaddi 

 Valaivaittakulam 

 Yayiramchayntakulam . . . 

 Yedivaittakallu .„ 

 Yilakkuvaittakulam 

 Muriyakulam 



tank where the horn was cut 

 tank where the horn was put 

 tank where the peafowl laid eggs 

 where the paddy stalks were burnt 

 tank where the stalks were broken (or fell 

 to the ground) 



Tiena where the stalk was burnt 



where fish were caught with a Icarappu (a 

 kind of fishing basket) 



where the grinding stone was placed 



where the axe was wrested away 



where the spear was broken 



where the necklace was broken 



rock where the platform for shooting (jparan) 



was put up 

 entrance where trap was set 

 where the banyan tree was cut 

 where rattans were cut 



high ground where stone was cot 



where the swing was put up 



tank where the plantain tree was planted 



tank where hardwood fell 



rock which was blasted 



tank where lamp was placed 



tank which did not breach 



I annex a table of prefixes and affixes, with a classified 

 list of other words occurring in Vanni place names, with 

 their meanings so far as I have been able to ascertain them. 



The list of words with meanings unknown will show 

 what still remains to be done to complete the task of 

 explaining place names in the Vanni, and on this part of 

 my subject no doubt some of the Members of the Society 

 will be able to make valuable suggestions. 



Cheru 



Chema 



Chinna 



Kaf " 



Kara 



Kilakku 



Kuda (Sin.) 



L— Prefixes. 



... mud 

 ... red 

 , e . small 

 ... stone 

 ... black 



... lower or eastern 

 „. small 



Chettirakkam 



Chemamadu 



Chinnakkulam, &c. 



Katkidanku 



Karumpuliyankujam 



Kilakkumulai 



Kudakachchatkodi 



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