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ON THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS 
lala was given them as landed proprietors, because the 
land-owners of the plains were so called, it is impossible 
to decide now. It is, however, an interesting coincidence 
that the Kunnuvas who inhabit the Palani hills are called 
and call themselves Mannddi. This compound is formed of 
iJDear, man, a contraction of malai, mountain, and nddu, coun- 
try. Mannddu signifies thus mountain-country, and mannddi, 
mountaineer, as Malaiijdlum denotes the country, and 2[alai- 
ydli, the inhabitant of Malabar.^* 
Besides malai another word man occurs in the sense 
of mountain. Mari in Tamil signifies not only earth, but 
also mountain.^® In the former sense it is identical with 
the Telugu mannu, and in the latter with manncmu or 
manyamu. Mannedora and manyadii denote a highland chief- 
tain, and manyadu is a title of some Velama Rajas, while the 
hill-people are called Manmcdru. If the 2Ions of Pegu are 
called by the Burmese TalaivgH, who according to Sir Alex- 
ander Cunningham " must have emigrated from Teliu- 
gana," the conjecture of connecting this term 2Ion with the 
Telugu Mannemu and the Tamil JTan appears permissible. 
Considering that Mankulattdr, Gahgahnhtttdr and Lidra- 
kulattdr are the three principal divisions of the Yellalas, it 
seems now doubtful whether the term man in Mankiilaffdr 
should be explained as meaning earth or mountain.^'*'' 
88 See Dr. John Shortt's Hi!! I{(j»fffs, Part V, pp. S5-S9. On p. So we 
read : ' ' When a Manad^y marries, the whole tribe is represented on the 
occasion and to avoid unnecessary expense, marriages are generally put off 
until two, three or more am be celebrated at once . . . (On p. S6) The young 
man advances and ties the man-iage string with the Tliuitc or symbol around 
the bride's neck ; to complete the ceremoriv, a Poli;u- is c;illed upon to an- 
nounce a blessing on the new maiTied couple." Read also ibifi<'»i. Part VI, 
pp. 42-46; on pp. 42-43: "The inhabitants of these High Ranges are 
Mudavars and . . . the mixed population of the villages in Unjenaad kno-mi 
as Kunuvers, Munnadies, and others maybeeousidei-ed inhabifcmts." Compare 
Mr. J. H. Nelson's Maiiua! of the iTadura Coiintnj, Part II, pp. 3o-3i5. 
^' See Dr. Winslow's Tnmi! and English Dictionary, p. S41 : Lcskr, s. 
The earth ... 3. Hill, mountain. 
See Part I, p. 62, No. 29, on the term Manncpuvdnd!i(, highlanders, 
being used to designate the Telugu Pariahs or Mdiahi, .and ihidfm. p. 134, 
No. 100, on the terms V'l/M/d and Vrlama. The Muhanimcdan rnlei-s La 
