Hydronomy of Tamil rivers (Re: Again, SANSKRIT broadcasts)

[Periannan Chandrasekaran]

--- Lakshmi Srinivas <lsrinivas at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
..>
> Also, some faunal names which sound rather
> Austro-Asiatic viz., kuraGku (rhesus monkey),
The Madras University Tamil Lexicon groups the meaning of 'monkey' for kuraGku
in an entry based on the sense of curvature.
There is a verb "kuragku" meaning "to bend/curve" derived from the root kur-
for curvarure; other words in the sense of curl from the same root are kuruL,
kural etc.
[Cf. English crook, curl, curve etc.]
---
kuragku-tal
otl kuragku-tal kuragku-tal 01 1. to bend, incline; 2. to droop, wither; 3. to
hang down, dangle; 4. to repose, rest, lie; 5. to dimish; 6. to relent, grieve,
feel sorry

kuragku
otl kuragku kuragku 02 1. bending, inclining; 2. monkey, ape; 3. bristly
bryony; 4. hook, clasp, line, in jewelry
----

Maybe it is to with the dropping apperance of the monkey.


Regards
P.Chandrasekaran.




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