Kuyava

[Arlo Griffiths]

Are the long U's in the sUyavasa words a reflex of a laryngeal: Hyava? If
so, the variant kUyava may, as Jan Houben points out, be more original
than kuyava...
        Arlo Griffiths


On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Madhav Deshpande wrote:

>         In relation to the discussion of Kuyava, a previous message
> brought up the word kUyavasA.  I am not sure if the two words are related,
> but certainly the latter expression has a parallel in the word sUyavasa
> which is understood by Surya Kanta to mean "full of grass".  Related
> expressions are sUyavasAd, sUyavasin, and sUyavasyu.  Most likely, the
> personal name Kuyava is not related to either of these words.
>                 Madhav Deshpande
>