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ON THE NAMES OF 



II — {Continued), 



kuchu 

 kudi 



kudikkad 

 kudisai . . 

 kudiyiruppu 

 kunnam . . 

 kuppam . . 

 kurichi . . 



kuruvadi 



kuttam . . 



madam . . 



manai 



mandai . . 



mandalam 



mandapam 



mangalam 



maniyam 



marudur 



masudi, musjid, 

 mitta, mutta 

 mulai 



nad, nadu 



nagaram 



naHur 



nattam . . 



nilam 



-padi, pathi 

 -padi 



-pakkam . . 



palaiyam 



palli 



paljivasal 

 -pangu . . 

 paraicheri 



cottage, hut. 

 house, dwelling, 

 cottages, huts, &c. 

 cottage. 



habitation, hamlet. 



? a mount, hillock. 



hamlet of low folk. 



hamlets of poor 

 people. 



sub village or ham- 

 let. 



village, assemb- 



college, ' math.' 

 mansion, house, 

 herd, collection, 

 region, country, 

 open court or hall, 

 nourishing village, 

 freehold. 



agricultural or 

 rice -growing 

 village. 



mosque. 



freehold, estate. 



comer, nook, 

 house. 



district, c ountry. 



big town, city. 



' good ville,' fair- 

 town. 



common village 

 site. 



ground, soil, land, 

 part, share, 

 village, row. 

 village, 

 a fief, canton, 

 a village, town, 

 a mosque, school, 

 a division, share, 

 outcaste's hamlet 

 suburb. 



pattanacheri 

 pattanam 



patti 



pattu, pat 



-p8ri 



-pettai 



pidagai, pudagai 



poli 

 pudi 

 -pulli 



pundi 



pur-a,-am,-i 

 salai , . 



santai . . , 



sulai 

 talai 



talam , sthalam . . 



teru(vu) 



ur, uru 



vada 



vadi 



valasai . . , , 



-varam 



vas, vasi 



vasal (-vayil) 



vati-pathi 



vattam . . 



vayal 



veli 



vellai 

 vidai 



vldu 



vidudi . • 

 vilagam .. 

 vilai 



vldi, vldhi 



a fishing village, 

 town. A seaport 



town, 

 hamlet, cattle fold, 

 village. 

 ? 



village (with 



shops), 

 sub-village, or 



hamlet, 

 boundary, 

 village, 

 hamlet, spot, 

 (grove), village, 

 town, city, 

 court or public 



building, hall, 

 fair, (weekly) 



market, 

 kiln, furnace, 

 head, a place, 

 place, station, 

 a street. 



town or village, 

 a ward, quarter, 

 enclosure, yard. 

 1 retreat,' refuge, 

 for puram, a town, 

 dwelling, abode, 

 doorway, port, 

 abode. 



circuit, group, 

 a rice-field, flat, 

 a hedge, a 5-acre 



field, 

 a corn-field. 

 ? grant, 



permit, 

 house, 

 lodge. 



field of battle ? 

 fertile field, 

 street. 



leave, 



achalam 



aranyam 



aru, ar 



chey 



chOlai 



endal 



mountain, 

 jungle, waste, 

 river, 

 (rice) field, 

 grove, thicket, 

 tank, reservoir. 



III. 



Topographical. 



6ri 



gangai 

 giri 

 ka 



kadal 



lake, mere 

 of water, 

 water, a river 

 hill. 



wood, grove. 



sheet 



Note. — The names or words are transliterated from the Tamil, and not 

 given according to the Madras Government list of 20th August 1878. 



