Thursday, April 9, 2020

427. Ancient capitals of Tulunadu

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Recently there is a Tulu quiz questionnaire on history making rounds in Whatsapp groups, presumably meant for shedding lockdown blues and...
Friday, February 7, 2020

426. Etymology of the word Odera or Vadera

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It is possible that some simple appearing words may have altogether alternate explanation etymologically. For example the word: “Odera”. I...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019

425. Etymology of Tulu word: Buḍedi (wife)

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A very common word to designate wife in Tulu language is bu ḍ edi . Even though in Tulu it is a quite a commonplace word, strangely enough,...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

424. A shortest village-name in India

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In the early posts in this blog we discussed some of the strange sounding words-especially village names- still surviving in Tulu langu...
Saturday, November 2, 2019

423.Jog Falls - philosophical viewpoints

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Jog falls-Rocket and Rani. Viewpoint 1 from Inspection Bungalow Jog. Distant view of Jog falls- Roarer, Rocket and Rani. Viewed from...
Friday, October 11, 2019

422. Source of words ending with ‘o’ in Tulu

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Some of my friends who write in Tulu language these days are getting fastidious about the purity of the expressed Tulu language. They m...
Friday, September 20, 2019

421. Alake: Ancient capital of the Alupa rulers

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The story of Alake (variants: “Alaka”, “Aluka” or “Alikeh”) is a forgotten page in the history of Alupas, the ancient rulers of the lege...