Thank you very very much, Vijayasankar ji, for this clarification. We will rest with compiling the Kannikaran name - *paraiottan*.
Regards, Dinesh On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 8:12 AM Vijay Raman <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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/CABSQqC3kFN%2Bo-QD1OrHm5Q%3Dk%2B72cbhEKfO0NuH_2xT9kyvmqOw%40mail.gmail.com.
