Thank you very very much, Vijayasankar ji, for help. Among the two options, I will take *நீர் கூவை* Neer koovai ... it is closer to Kannada and Tulu names. Yes, I had seen the Malabari name *Maravara tsjembu* in FRLHT-ENVIS ... I knew it was placed wrongly for Tamil. Regards. Dinesh
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Vijayasankar Raman <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 12:30 AM Subject: Re: Tamil name for Lagenandra ovata (L.) Thwaites To: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Dear Dinesh ji, The name அருருட்டு is just a (modified) transliteration of the English name Arrowroot and not a proper Tamil name. I think *நீர் கூவை* Neer koovai or *நீர் கூகை* Neer koogai would be more appropriate for *Lagenandra ovata*. Koovai or Koogai are Tamil names for *Maranta arundinacea*, a similar-looking plant. Note: I noticed that in some databases (FoI, FRLHT-ENVIS), the name *Maravara tsjembu* is erroneously listed as a Tamil name for *Lagenandra ovata*. This is a "Latin" name (now a synonym) originally applied to *Remusatia vivipara* in Hortus Malabaricus <https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14380#page/180/mode/1up>. Vijayasankar --------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Sr. Research Scientist University of Mississippi, USA On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 9:44 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Vijayasankar ji, > > Please help me coin a name for *Lagenandra ovata* (L.) Thwaites in Tamil. > It is distributed in Tamil Nadu as per BSI > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=31223> > . > > On lines of name given in Kannada (ನೀರ ಕೂವೆ neera koove), Tulu (ನಿರ್ಕೂವೆ > neerkoove) ... literal meaning = water arrowroot, named so due to its > aquatic habit and resemblance with *Maranta* and *Curcuma* species, I am > thinking of நீர்அருருட்டு nir-aruruttu. Please help. > > Regards. > Dinesh > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC2s_U0PHA559hDqdQt1vaz7SVOt2tXeznntZL%2BWxnBBsw%40mail.gmail.com.
