Karnataka/KannaDa (was: Karave caste and Kurus)

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

--- Robert Zydenbos <zydenbos at GMX.LI> wrote:

> What also occurs to me in this connection is the example of ta.n +
> niir giving ta.n.niir ("cool water", as in Tamil), where we see the 'n'
> being assimilated to the '.n', while on the other hand we also have
> the word tampu as an alternative (and the standard modern word)
> for ta.npu "coolness", where we see assimilation in the opposite
> direction: the '.n' becomes labialised.

In Tamil?? taNpu never becomes tambu.
tambu, the standard modern word, means "younger brother".
tampi/tampu is from "tan2" 'one's own' and *not* from taN- 'cool'.

Regards,
SM

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