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ON THE NAMES OF 



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

 Vegetable (yeg.) Kingdoms, with some examples— -(Continued). 



puli (tree) tamarind. Puliyaficheri. 



ptinai (an.) cat Punai-kutti kadu. 



puvarasu (tree), tulip tree (Portia). 



sembu (veg.) rank-grass. Sembodai. 



talai (tree) toddy palm, palmyra. Tal or Tar tree. 



tamarai (plant), lotus. Tamarai-pulam. 



tennai (tree) cocoanut. Tennaigudi. 



tinai millet. 



tolasai (plant) tulsi ? Tolasappattanam. 



tuvarai (plant) lentil, ' dh&l.' Tuvarankurichi, 



vagai (tree) acacia speciosa. 



valai (tree) plantain. 



vandu wasp. Tiruvanduturai. 



vanni senna tree, prosopis spicigera. 



velam (tree) Velangudi. 



vembu ) (tree) margosa or nim-tree. 



veppam j Vembugudi, Veppancheri. 



vila (tree) wood-apple. Feronia-Elephantum, 



vilvam (tree) bel tree. Vilavanur. 



Common South Indian place-names not found 

 rarehjy in Tanjore. 



achalam , , mountain, 



anai . . elephant, 



badi . . place, 



bakam . . ?hamlet=pakkam 



chavadi . , ang. ' choultry.' 



dasi , . slave girl, 



doddi . . cattle pound, 



endal . . tank. 



6ri . . lake, 



giri .. hill, 

 gupta tank, 



idaiyan . , shepherd, 



kadu , . forest, 



kal . . stone. 



Kalian .. Kalian, 



kammay . . tank, 



karadu . . rocky mound. 



kinaru 



kodu 



kottai 



kudikkad 



kudiyiruppu 



kun(d)ru 



kuppam 



kurichi 



Kurumbar 



kuttai 



kuttam 



madam 



well. 



fort, 

 huts. 



habitation, 

 hill, 

 hamlet, 

 hamlet, 

 shepherds, 

 pond. 



college, 'math.' 



malai 

 manai 

 mitta 

 § nadu 



nagaram 

 § Nayakkan 

 \ padi 



pakkam 

 § palaiyam 

 \ palli 



paljivasal 

 § panai 

 parambu 

 parai 

 § paraiyan 

 § pattanam 

 § patti 

 § Reddi 



salai 

 § samudram 

 § santai 

 tangal 

 tadagam 

 § tedal 

 § uruni 

 valasai 

 vadi 

 § vedan 



vilai 

 § vicludi 



at all, or hut 



hill. 



house. 



estate. 

 , country. 



city. 



Nayak. 



place. 



? suburb. 

 , fief. 



village. 



mosque. 



palmyra. 



gravel-mound. 

 , rock. 



< Pariah.' 



town. 



fold. 



Keddi. 



hall. 



sea. 



fair. 



. small tank. 



big tank. 



mound. 



tank. 

 , " retreat." 

 . yard. 



hunter. 



corn-field. 



lodge. 



§ Signifies absent from the delta only, 



