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Observations on the 



[No. 37, 



60. Milk Gondi Pal. 



Pauddoo. S. Same. M. 



61. Ghee or oil Gondi Ni. 



62. Salt 



65. 

 67. 



Sauroo. S. 



Saoor, 

 Saru. M. 



64. Handy Gondi Kurwi. 



Fowl 

 Chicken 



Kurh. 

 Chiwal. 



69. Plough Gondi JVakkur. 



Tamil uiri). Pal, the ordina- 

 ry use of the word, milk. 



„ Qph. Ney— -"4. But- 

 ter, oil."— Rottler. 



„ &rrjT4Frrjr&. " Flavour 

 of salt and spices," — jstft 

 iFtririh," three kinds of salt 

 used as medicines — Phy- 

 8ic,Diet." — Rottler. From 

 these two words it will be 

 perceived that the term 

 common to them to express 

 salt is ^frjnh j and if the 

 termination ih urn, common 

 to the Pali and the Tamil 

 but seldom found in more 

 primitive dialects, be re- 

 moved there is a clear affi- 

 nity between the Gondi 

 and the Tamil words for 

 salt. In fact in vulgar 

 language we hear at Mad- 

 ras Jj\p j$ ft fiame&sTl ir<£Feijirir 

 ti2($£>Qpjp 3 that water is 

 saltish <s=GL}iriruj. Savoorai. 

 Tamil <s-7£.Kurum, a hand, 

 whence it seems derived. 



„ G&iT$, Korlhi, a fowl. 



Saviil. G&ir$& 

 Q&suid. Negundu, gene- 

 rally " the cock of every 

 bird except the peacock." 

 —•Rottler. 



„ w&Qxih. Wakkerum. 

 " 1. A curve. * * 5. The 

 same as iS&ru^i—th^^eo the 

 act of going and return- 

 ing."— Rottler. 



