Karnataka, Kannada

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

--- Lakshmi Srinivas <lsrinivas at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> I submit therefore that karnATa(ka) is a learned
> back-formation  from kannaDa.

naTu = to place; nATu = a place, this type of pairs
are many; Eg., viTu (to leave) & vITu (=home, mukti).
I think naTu and nATu come from the same semantics,
hence, "kannaDa" may also point to "kannADaka".

In this connection, naL-(black) and nAL- (eg., nAL miin2, night star)
are worth considering.

SM

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