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Thu Feb 14 2002

Sum: Tamil Body Part Lexemes

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  • Wiltrud Mihatsch, Tamil body part lexemes

    Message 1: Tamil body part lexemes

     Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 14:43:29 +0100
    From: Wiltrud Mihatsch <wiltrud.mihatschuni-tuebingen.de>
    Subject: Tamil body part lexemes


    We would like to thank all the Tamil specialists who helped us find some Tamil body part lexemes (and are still helping!):

    Nitya Sethuraman Baskaran Sankaran Mr. S Ramesh Kumar Mr. S Thiyagarajan Mr. P. Ilangovan Sankaran Radhakrishnan

    Louis Janus sent us a listing of volunteers/ experts edited by the LCTL project for a number of languages that might interest many other linguists too: http://carla.acad.umn.edu/LCTL/experts.html

    If you would like to know what our project is about, see http://www.sfb441.uni-tuebingen.de/b6/index-engl.html

    Again, thank you very much!

    Reinhild Steinberg & Wiltrud Mihatsch

    Here are the lists:

    Nitya Sethuraman:

    1. forehead -- netti 2. eye -- kaN 3. eyebrow -- kaN puruvam 4. eyelid -- kaN emai 5. eyelash -- kaN rappai 6. eyeball -- kaN muzhi 7. eye pupil -- kaN paappaa (colloquial) 8. head -- talai 9. skull -- kapaalam, also maNDai Odu 10. face -- muunji 11. hair (head, body) -- mayir 12. mouth -- vaai 13. lip -- utadu 14. beard -- taaDi 15. moustache -- miishai 16. chin -- muvaa kaTTai 17. jaw -- mEl taaDai 18. lower jaw -- kiiR taaDai 19. nose -- muukku 20. nostril -- muukku dvaaram 21. ear -- kaadu 22. earlobe -- 23. temple -- 24. cheek -- kannam 25. cheek-bone -- kanna elumbu

    ************ Baskaran Sankaran, Mr. S Ramesh Kumar and Mr. S Thiyagarajan

    1. forehead - neRRi 2. eye - kaN 3. eyebrow - puruvam 4. eyelid - kaNNimai, imai 5. eyelash - kaNNimaiyin mayirvarisai (This is a sort of expanding the word which roughly translates to 'row of hairs in eyelids') 6. eyeball - muzhi 7. eye pupil - kaNmaNi, pAppa 8. head - thalai, maNtai 9. skull - kapAlam, maNtai Otu 10.face - mukam, mUnji (used to express anger) 11(a). hair (head) - muti, mayir, thalai muti, puruvam, thaati, mIsai 11(b). hair (body) - rOmam, urOmam, nenju muti 12. mouth - vaai 13. lip - uthatu, ithazh (used for females) 14. beard - thaati 15. moustache - mIsai 16. chin - mukavAyk kattai 17. jaw - thAtai 18. lower jaw - kIzhth thAtai (kIzh represents lower and the 'th' is added as a suffix to 'kIzh' due to Tamil morphology, because next word 'thAtai' begins with 'th'.) 19. nose - mUkku 20. nostril - mUccu thuvAram 21. ear - kAthu 22. earlobe - kAAthu matal, matal 23. temple - neRRIp pottu, pottu 24. cheek - kannam 25. chek-bone - kanna elumpu

    ****

    Mr P. Ilangovan:

    forehead -- netri <formal>/netthi <inf> eye -- kan [k^n] - to be pronounced like 'pun/bun' eyebrow -- puruvum eyelid -- (kan) rappai - to be pron like 'ruppai' eyelash -- (kan emai) - to be pron like 'imai' eyeball -- ? eye pupil -- (kan) pappa - the vowel is to be pron like the 'a' in father head -- thalai skull -- kabalam <form>/ mandaiyodu <info> face -- mugam <for>/muham <info> hair -- [head] -> thalaimudi; [body] -> romam <for> - to be pron like 'romum' mouth -- vai - the first vowel is long (the vowel comination is not a diphthong) lip -- udhadu beard -- dhadi - to be pron like 'thaadi' moustache -- meesai chin -- mugavai <for>/muhavai <formal variant>; mogara(i) <inform> jaw -- mugavaikattai/muhavaikattai; mogarakattai <infor> [an abusive word] lower jaw -- ? nose -- mooku nostril -- nasi <form> - to be pron like this 'naasi' ear -- kadhu earlobe -- kadhumadal temple -- nettripottu <form>; netthipottu <infor> cheek -- kannam cheek-bone -- ?

    ********

    Sankaran Radhakrishnan 1. forehead nerri (neRRi) 2. eye kan (kaN) 3. eyebrow puruvam (puruvam) 4. eyelid imai (imai) 5. eyelash kan imai mayir (kaN imai mayir) 6. eyeball vili (vizhi) 7. eye pupil mani (maNi)/pappa (paappaa) 8. head thalai (talai) 9. skull mantai otu (maNTai ooDu)/ kapalam (kabaalam) 10. face muham (mukam) 11. hair (head) muti (muTi) hair (body) mayir (mayir) 12. mouth vay (vaay) 13. lip uthadu (utaDu) 14. beard thadi (taaDi) 15. moustache misai (miisai) 16. chin mukavay kattai (mukavaay kaTTai) 17. jaw thadai (taaDai) 18. lower jaw kil thadai (kiizh taaDai) 19. nose mukku (muukku) 20. nostril nasi thuvaram (naacic- tuvaaram)/mukku thuvaram (muukkut-tuvaaram) 21. ear katu (kaadu) 22. earlobe nuni kathu (nunik-kaadu) 23. temple pori (poRi)/pottu (poTTu) 24. cheek kannam (kaNNam) 25. cheek-bone kanna elumbu (kaNNa elumpu)