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Khoonds of the Goomsoor Mountains, 



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same meaning ; and in Tamil, words from the Sanscrit, with the initial 

 letters sc, usually lose the s, by which process the word would become 

 cand'ha, or canda, as in the Klioond dialect. The word for hand seems 

 to come from the very old Tamil kayi the modem spelling being 



km. The jj by no unusual process is changed into chu, 



whence the Khoond word cuzzoo, or as I should spell it cajju. The word 

 hahah, is Sanscrit bcihu the arm. The word for nails differs only slightly 

 in its plural form (as before) from the Tamil nacangal s 



of the same meaning. The two words for heart, are, I doubt not, the 

 same with u^^^ and Qi^LQ manam, and sittam, usually denoting 



the mind and will, but used interchangeably with '^^^ijjm 



irutayam, heart, in the sense of will or inclination. Padaggah is only 

 the Khoond plural added to the Sanscrit pata and Tamil 

 U(T &LD P aiam > a * oot - Guadee for the back is I believe the Tamil 



Qtfsbrz£. S unc ^h * ne lower part of the back. The word for afterwards 



is probably Hindustani. The word for distant comes from the Sanscrit, 

 and is common to all Hmdm languages. In Tamil ^/fj piri, and ^{.j 



puri, are used for a straw rope, and I doubt not that the same is meant 

 by the Khoond, peeree. Sauroo for salt, is from the Sanscrit* 

 cshara. In Tamil the word is usually combined with the common word 

 for salt, to express the flavor or relish of salt. The word for chillie, 

 differs only very slightly from the Telugu word for the same. Nizzoo 

 is only the Tamil word QjsiL ne Vh the ^ changed (as before) 



into chu, making: nejju ; but this in Tamil signifies ghee, or butter- 

 oil. The word for fish, cutting off the Khoond plural, is the Sanscrit 

 mm and Tamil J^Jjj min ' -Poonary for new, seems to be an 



antique word, preserved here and in the Tamil ^ punirru, the 



Tamil word being now only applied to the new birth from a cow. 

 The word for old may have a connexion with the Tamil, but the resem- 

 blance is obscure. The word for garlic is Sanscrit, las una, Aukah for 

 leaf is Telugu, £5§o acu. The word for bud,, blossoms, rejecting the 

 Khoond plural, is Tamil ^^9^ cumili, a bud. Innah for what, is the 



Tamil ^ jdtsoT V enna i what ? Innaky, for ivhy is seemingly the Tamil 



OTGerasr S y ennaUuku t0 what > wh >" ■ In the Phrase for will 

 you come ? the root of the verb to come, and the interrogating par- 

 ticle are both Tamil : the Tamil root is also found in the Khoond 

 word baumooi come, Salanaoo, cutting off the Khoond termination, ; - 



