On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, trgovindarajan wrote: > --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "M.N.Ramanuja" <mnr@xxxx> wrote: > > > > > > These rules apply to borrowed words in tamil. > > Adding a little more of the rules, when the word begins with short > 'ra' as > > in 'ranga' letter 'a' precedes it as in 'aravam' 'arambhaiyar' etc. > > > > When the word starts with a long 'aa' as in ramanuja, letter 'i' > precedes > > it as in 'irAmanuja' 'iramayana' etc. > > > > When the word starts with 'ru' or 'ruu' or 'ro' or 'lo' then the > word is > > preceded by 'u' as in 'uruvam' 'uruupam' 'ulokam' 'urohini' etc. > > > > It is seen that 'uruupam' became 'uruvam' 'ulokam' became 'ulaham' etc. > > Similarly, lakshyam in sanskrit becomes 'ilakkiyam' and 'lakshanam' > > of sanskrit becomes 'ilakkaNam' in tamil > > Regards > > Ramanuja > > > > srI: > In Tamil, ulokam also means "metal" whereas alokam means "nonmetal". > dasan. > Sri: Distinctly speaking, in sanskrit, loka stands for world and loha stands for a metal. Confusion arises in tamil since 'k' is sometimes pronounced as 'h' so by context one has to interpret as world or metal in tamil. That facility of negating a word by prefixing 'a' is only available in sanskrit. So 'aloha' is a sanskrit word. I have not seen its usage in tamil, if I am right. Dasan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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