Indian Antiquary Vol 59

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[DECEMBER, 1930
(2) ve (that which is ardently admired, or detested)
veruppu (detest)
veru (admiration)
verukkai (glory) (3) var, der, ver, veyir, etc.
veyirve [Tam.]
veru (fear)-[Tamil] pédi (fear)--[Tamil] bedar (fear)--[Kann.] bede (hot feeling Kann.) pôdi (fear)--[Tulu) vari (fear-[Gôndi) .
varu (to be dry, to dry, etc.) [Tamil] varu, vatru, etc. [Kann.) bara (firewood, etc.) [Tel.] varavu, eto. (Mal.) viragu, vara!, vara, eto.
BrAhai) bdr. (dry), etc. [Kurukh]
(4) végu
bevi, bemaru besaru (Kann.] višarpu, eto. (Mal.]
vehgu (to desire, oovet, hate, eto.)
végu (to be hot, eto.) [Tam.) [Kann.) baga (blase) [Tel.] vegu, tēlou, et.
veguļi (agitation), pagai (anger, hatred) baguli (agitation) beguru (fear), begadu, etc.
II. DRAVIDIAN od, ba(i) (MOUTH). This base is found in all Dravidian dialects. Its antiquity is undoubted, and it has given rise to various forms in Dravidian.
Kurukh ba'a (to say), bár (to be called, to have a title), Kđi ves (to speak), Gondi vés in vésori (tale), veh (to narrate) indicate a very early stage when verbs were formed from od or 64. The first Kurukh word mentioned above is directly from $4,20 whereas the second one contains the formative affix (Middle-Passive) --- which has changed the initially formed verb-sense into the idea of being named,'having a title,' eto.
Now are a number of forms with the initial surd p-meaning to say,''to speak,' 'to command 'cognate with the above series. The p-forms are the following
Tam. pås-u (to speak), pas-eigu (to speak). Tel. pelu, prelu (to chatter). Kann. pe! (to speak). Tulu pan (to speak).
para (to speak). Brahui pan-ing (to speak).
(To be continued.) .. For possible word-correspondences in other language-families, cf. Austric ba, pd (mouth), Indo. Chinese (Ahom) bd (to say).
10 The following forms of Dravidian are probably traceable to this base-pan-ai, bine (carthen pot with large mouth); vdnu, banu (to make pota); odru, odru, odlu (to pour out); vdbal, uddal (door, gateway), oto.
Mal.