We were discussing about the fossil words and evolution of languages in the previous post. The mysterious place “Sajipa “ provides some insight into the nature of some of the inscrutable fossil words and consequently the evolution of words in Tulunadu.
Sajipa is a large village on the southern bank of River Netravathi . The village is divided into Sajipa Padu, Sajipa Nadu and Sajipa Muda sections representing west, central and east portions in the mammoth village village of Sajipa .
The exact meaning and origin of the word ‘Sajipa’ is unknown. The word is not found in Tulu Munda or Toda dictionaries. However it could a word from any of these languages. It may not be a Tulu word since it is not in current Tulu usage. Therefore it could be word from Munda, Gond or Toda languages that prevailed in the region in the past.
Sujir
Back to the inscrutable fossil words in our language! There is one more inscrutable village name That occurs to my mind: Sujir. Do you have any idea as to the meaning of these place names?
If you have any clues to the meaning of the inscrutable words like ‘Sajipa’ or ‘Sujir’, please do write in your comments.
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hey please tell me the meaning of word perne..which is my place
ReplyDeleteAmith,
ReplyDelete'Perne' means a large village! 'Peri' or 'Peru'=large, big; 'aNe',or 'Ne'= area.(compare suffix '-aNe' in 'Marne', 'MaagaNe' etc).
Similarly, 'Perga'(per+ga) means a large village. 'ga'= early form of 'village'. (ga.>gaon). with passage of time 'Perga' became 'Herga'.