Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

2010-05-10 Thread Sebastian Borges
Dear Venantius, I must confess that my Marathi is very very weak. From the meaning it appears that Konk. ful'l is the equivalent of Mar. shubra. But Mar. shubra itself means snow-white. But ful'l by itself has no independent meaning in Konk. Both KallaKutt'tt and KallaKitt'tt are found in Mar.

Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

2010-05-08 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Dear Sebastian, Hi All, Could ful'l be the equivalent of shubra in Marathi, as in Pandra Shubra (both adj). It matters not really, but Ful'l could be a construct to express an expanse of pure unmarred white. Kallem Kitt'tt, reminds me of of Kalakuta (also, halahala) — possibly origin of Kala KUTT

Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

2010-05-08 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Hi All, Does anyone know the color used to represent India in historical atlases, and whether there was a color to represent Goa. Presumably he colors in historical published in Germany, light blue is traditionally used as a colour to represent Germany, as opposed to pink for England, purple for

Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

2010-05-08 Thread Venantius J Pinto
On African violets (Saintpaulia) Goans in Africa, as also others would know of African violets, of the genus Saintpaulia. African violets are not considered true violets but we are interested here in color and thoughts (ranges from, yes white, to violet to pink) and not arguing with Botanists. A

Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

2010-04-30 Thread Venantius J Pinto
We will get back to Konkani but lets take a little detour. Konkani vidhwans contribute or hold your peace. You are all precious and we need you. This post looks at Color cliches. First lets all get on board. What is a cliche (cliché) cli·ché [klee-shey]? As a noun it has the following and more

Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

2010-04-18 Thread Venantius J Pinto
. Moving on. venantius j pinto Message: 5 Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:30:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Sebastian Borges s_m_bor...@yahoo.com To: GoaNet fred goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni Dear Venantius, You are doing a great job, indeed! Some clarifications

Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

2010-04-17 Thread Sebastian Borges
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Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

2010-04-16 Thread Venantius J Pinto
proverbs, songs, etc, later. Much appreciation. venantius j pinto Message: 1 Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:10:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Sebastian Borges s_m_bor...@yahoo.com To: GoaNet fred goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni Dear Venantius, These are some words I

Re: [Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

2010-04-15 Thread Sebastian Borges
--- Sign the Petition requesting The Honble Minister of State for Environment and Forests (I/C) to maintain the moratorium on issuing further environmental clearances for mining activities in Goa

[Goanet] Rong+Colors_in Konk'nni

2010-04-14 Thread Venantius J Pinto
--- Sign the Petition requesting The Honble Minister of State for Environment and Forests (I/C) to maintain the moratorium on issuing further environmental clearances for mining activities in Goa