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

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

>>If I were to consider your proposed etymology for
>>noyyal, it still doesn't address the issue of the
>>suffix *al. This is typically an infinitive ending and
>>a  verbal noun forming suffix so I wonder what it's
>>doing in a river name.

 Like kAn2/kAn2al, maN/maNal, nolai/nolaiyal which are nouns
with -al endings formed from non-verbs mentioned, Tamil toponyms
with -al endings are:
kOval (a srivaishnava tiruppati), cikkal, cuziyal,
cEynjal, nAval, marukal, mAkaRal, paRiyal, jnAzal, ...

noyyal can be like one of these.

Regards,
SM



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