Hi Dinesh ji, The name Anaparuga doesn't sound like a Tamil name to me.
I found another Tamil name, "Parattan kodi", recorded for the plant in this paper <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43772085_Herbal_medicines_for_wound_healing_among_tribal_people_in_Southern_India_Ethnobotanical_and_Scientific_evidences> but it's probably a modified spoken version of "Paraiottan" that we discussed earlier (plus kodi கொடி means climber). Best, Vijayasankar On Thu, May 16, 2024, 12:25 AM Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > Many many thanks, Vijayasankar ji, for helping with this Kanikkaran name. > The transcribed word paaraiyottan agrees very well with paraioutan, and > the meaning too is in line with the nature of the plant. > > > I found another Tamil name mentioned in Tulu language Wikipedia ...written > in Kannada script as ಅನಪ್ಪರುಗ (anapparuga). > ಅನಪ್ಪರುಗ (anapparuga) is transcribed by Google to Tamil as அனப்பருக > (aṉapparuka) > > What do you think? Does அனப்பருக (aṉapparuka) look / sound like a Tamil > word ? This word / name is most probably used near Karnataka - Kerala - > Tamil Nadu boundary region. > Google does not give any results for அனப்பரு !! > Please check only when you have time for this. > Thank you very much, Vijayasankar ji. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 8:49 AM Vijay Raman <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Dinesh ji, >> >> I am not sure of the spelling paraioutan, but a variation of it, >> Pāṟaiyoṭṭaṉ, can be transcribed as பாறையொட்டன் (pāṟai = rock, oṭṭaṉ = the >> one that sticks/clings to), referring to the plant's occasional lithophytic >> or rock-climbing habit. >> >> Best, >> Vijayasankar >> >> On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 12:17 PM Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Vijayasankar ji, >>> Please help with the Kanikkaran name of *Pothos scandens* L. in Tamil >>> script. >>> The name *paraioutan* is used by the Kanikkar tribe, inhabitants of >>> Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve. >>> >>> *Reference*: Lalitharani, & Mohan, Veerabahu & Maruthupandian, >>> Arumugam. (2010). Pharmacognostical and phytochemical studies on Pothos >>> scandens L. >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281479654_Pharmacognostical_and_phytochemical_studies_on_Pothos_scandens_L> >>> International Journal of Phytomedicine. 2. 277-283. >>> 10.5138/ijpm.2010.0975.0185.02039. >>> >>> 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAOZ1_22SHdmpaaDdM0M3u7OuaZvSXk2TdiOZ32SpFNMH7JA4xw%40mail.gmail.com.