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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
plate No. HII. of Western Chalukya characters dated A. D. 608, one instance is given of the ri attached to a l being written with a sweep to
NOTES ON THE DRAVIDIAN OR SOUTH INDIAN FAMILY OF LANGUAGES.
BY THE REV. G. U. POPE, D.D., Warden of Bishop Cotton Schools and College, Bangalor. (Continued from Vol. V. p. 361.)
No. IV.
I have made a selection of words I have met with in reading Dravidian authors, which have a resemblance to known Indo-Germanic stems. I dare say the identity is accidental in many cases; in others there seem to be traces of a law. In some words the similarity is not great; but let anyone compare the lists, in Klaproth's Sprach-atlas, of North-Asian dialects, and he will perceive no resemblance whatever between those words and any Dravidian forms, while here each word seems an echo of some Aryan
form.
1. tâl [Ta. Tel. Kan. Mal.], endure; bear; a foot, stalk; bolt.-thôl, [4.8.] duld-en, thowel, thowl (of a boat). L. tul-i, Gr. Tλn.
2. pôr; 1, put on, wear; 2, join battle; as a noun, battle. [4.S.] wêr-ian-1, wear; 2, defend;
war.
3. kal, kali, joy, enjoyment, stimulus.-gle, 'glee,' [4.8.] gil-ian, rejoice; gallant; S. hlâd, glad. 4. vil', a bow.-bill, any instrument.
5. tuy-ar,tuy-ar-am, sorrow.—tre, trega [4.S.], L. trist-is, G. trau-er, S. dur.
6. ven, vel, white.-A.S. wonn, 'pale;' Gaelic and Erse, ban.
7. vêl, vend, Kan. bê, want.-A.S. won = desire; 'want.'
8. vir, hir, hil, fall, fell.-A.S. feall-an, fail. L. fallere. L. fer-ire.
9. pan, make, do.-A.S. fond-en, do. 10. tf, ti-mai, evil.-A.S. teona, evil.
11. vin-u, ask; vin-ai, question; vin-appam, petition.-4.8. bene, prayer.
12. mid, mil, ransom, return.-A.S. bote, ransom. 13. ori, cease, rest; urra, sleep.-A.S. row, 'rest." 14. eikilu [Anc. Kan.].-ice,' 'icicle.' 15. kâ, kâr, guard.-A.S. waerd-ian.
16. ur, plough.-A.S. eri-an, L. ar-are, Gr. apoτρον.
[MARCH, 1879.
the right; and in No. II. of the present inscriptions there is one instance also combined with a k (in II. i. 4).
ss It is particularly noticeable that Burnell's Plate No. III. is taken from an inscription which Mr. Fleet has since declared to be a forgery of the 9th or 10th century, and that both the present plates belong to the 10th
17. kurri-chi, hill-village.-craig, crag. Gadhelic, carraig.
18. komb-u, anything rounded; komb-ê, a valley running up into the hills.-combe, a valley. 19. bêne [Kan.], pain.-pin, pain. L. pan-a. 20. bêd [comp. 7], pray, want.-bid-dan. 21. vêr, bêr, K. her, other, various.-L. vari-us, 'various.'
23.
24.
22. puruthi, mire.-Gael. plod, plodach, puddle. vatha, fade, wither.-fade, Dutch vadd-en. onor-u (Tel.), elegance.-L. honor, orno. olupu (Tel.), peel; oli (Tam., &c.), hide, cover.hull, 'peel-from Goth. hul-ian, 'cover.' 26. ollu (Tel.), will.-L. vol-o, will.
25.
27. 28.
remma (Tel.), a sprig.-L. ram-us. rêpu (Tel.), a bank.-L. ripa.
29. maga, child; magan, son; magal, max (Tud.), daughter.-A.S. maga, son.
30. tak-, impinge upon.-attack. [C.N. tak.] 31. tari, put on.-O.E. tir; attire.
32. pâḍi, bar.-bar, barrier.
33. marri, a foal.-O.H.G. marah, horse. kulir, cold.-L. gelid-, gel-u, cold.
34.
35.
36.
37. verri, rabies.-L. furo, Gr. Oúa-.
38. kira-1, old; 2, peculiar to.-Gr. yep-, 'age;'
têri, a sand-plain.-W. tra-eth.
tel, têr, clear.-A.S. têr.
mp", 'reward.'
39.
40.
41.
kid, lie. Ind. Ger. ki, S. si.
hettu (Kan.), hit.-hit.
hecche (Kan.), pacchai (Tam.), badge.-badge.
42. hejje (Kan.), trace.-vestigium.
43. heņa (Kan.), pina (Tam.), corpse.-L. fun-us.
44. er-u, êrru, rise.-L. or-ior, ord-ior. Gr. dsp-, áip-, el- in elementum. Ger. ur.
K. hêr, êl.-Gr.ype-.
45. tarei, earth.-L. terra.
46. talam, ground.-L. tell-us, S. stal.
47. tuvai, soak, steep.-dip, steep.
48. karuttu, neck.-S. grîva.
gala, throat.-G. hals.
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century.
Val in all Dráv. languages has the idea of bending.
'Cerebrals' are interchangeable in Dráv. dialects.
