TuLu Research & Studies

A heritage blog by: Ravindra Mundkur & Hosabettu Vishwanatha

TuLu Research & Studies

A heritage blog by: Ravindra Mundkur & Hosabettu Vishwanatha

TuLu Research & Studies

A heritage blog by: Ravindra Mundkur & Hosabettu Vishwanatha

Friday, January 23, 2009

171. Bannanje

Among the Tulu and Kannada words that have an indistinct source is -Banna. The word 'Banna' forms the core of village names like B...

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

170. Inna, Innanje, Innoli

Antonios Vasileiadis, a scholar from Athens, Greece shares the opinion that many of our words have been borrowed or imported from Mediterran...

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

169. Aroor : A cluster village

The existence of clustered villages in Karavali has been discussed in earlier posts. Aroor, in Udupi taluk is another cluster village locate...

Monday, January 19, 2009

168. Baindur, Bayandar

Baindur is a coastal town located to the north of Kundapur. The ' Bainda ' is an old Kannada variant of the word ' Baidya '....

Saturday, January 17, 2009

167. Padubidri: Relic of an ancient river

The toponyms Bedra, Bidri , Bidar or Bidare stands for bamboo grove ('bedur' in Tulu; 'bidir' in Kannada). It can be presu...

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

166.Tulu Onomastics

Onomastics (Nama Vijnana) means ‘study of names in all aspects – personal, place, pet, nicknames, brand, etc. Onomasticians try to answer fo...

Friday, December 26, 2008

165.Pangala and Bangla

Geneticists are studying variations in the human genome haplotypes to trace the evolution and migration of human beings across the continent...

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