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Words in Tanjore Place-names derived from the Animal {an.) or 

 Vegetable (veg.) Kingdoms, with some examples — (Continued). 



§ avarai (a bush) cassia auriculata. A.-kad. 



avuri (plant) indigo (i.-fera tinctoria). 



chaya (plant). Cheyattamahgai. 



elumichai (tree) lime-fruit, citrus bergamia. 



erumai (an) buffalo. Erumaippadugai. 



Icham (tree) wild date, Ichangudi. 



ilavam (tree) cotton tree, bombax. 



iluppai (tree) Indian olive, Bassia longifolia (Mowah). 



inji (plant) (green) ginger. Injikkollai. 

 § kacha (plant) memecylon tinctorium. 



kadambu (tree) eugenia racemosa. 



kadugu (plant), mustard. 



kalanji (plant) mushroom, fungus. 



kalli (plant) euphorbia, milk plant. 



kapi (an.) monkey. Kapistalam. 

 S karaiyan white ants. 



karumbu (plant) sugarcane. 



kattalai (plant) aloe. 



kattiri (plant) egg plant, solanum melongena (' brinjal.') 



kirai (veg.) gTeens. Kirai-kollai. 



ko (an.) cow. Komal, Kovur. 



kodi (creeper) betel-vine. Kodikkalttr. 



kokku (bird) crane, Kokkaladi. 



kollu (corn) gram, 



ma (tree) mango. Mankad, Mangudi. 

 madu (an.) ox. 



malalai (plant) lotus ; -Tiruvilimalalai. 



man (an.) deer Mangudi, Valangiman. 



manjal (plant), turmeric Manjal kollai. 



mavilingam (tree) (? cratoeva Eox.) garlic pear. 



mayil (an.) peacock. Mayiladi, Mayavaram. 



mm, fish Mlnavaippur. 



mundiri (tree) cashewnut tree (kaju). 



nag The cobra-snake. Nagtir, Nagamangalam. 



nari (an.) fox or jackal, Narikkudi 



naval (veg.) calyptranthes cariophyllifolia. 



nay (an.) dog. 



nel (veg.) raw-rice, * paddy? Nellur. 



nelli (tree) jungle gooseberry, phylanthus emblica. 



nerunjil (plant), tribulus terrestris. 



ney (?ghee). Neykunnam, Neykuppai, Ney vasal. 



nochi (plant), vitex negundo. Nochiytir. 



nunna (tree). Indian mulberry (morinda umbellata). 



omai (plant or tree) Omakkulam. 



palai (tree), mimusops hexandra. Palaipat^i. 



panai (tree) palmyra palm. PanaiyQr. 



pangasatam (plant) lotus, (' tank-born'). 



parutti (plant), cotton. ParuttikkOttai. 



pekkarumbu (plant) wild sugar cane. 



pila (tree) jack-fruit. Pilavadi. 



pirambu (plant), the cane (rattan). 



puli or pili (an.) tiger. Puliyur. 



§ Signifies absent from the delta only. 



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