Re: [INDOLOGY] meṭa 'a whitewashed storeyed house' L.

[Suresh Kolichala]

Don't know about a Kośa reference, but the word clearly betrays a Dravidian
connection. See [DEDR 4796] <http://kolichala.com/DEDR/search.php?q=4796> and
[CDIAL 9996<http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.3:1:447.soas>
].

Burrow discusses this word in "Dravidian Studies VII", *Bulletin of the
School of Oriental and African Studies*, University of London, Vol. 12,No.
2 (1948), pp. 365-396 (See entries 259 and 275).

275. *meṭa*- m. a whitewashed, storied house, L. [Pkt. *meḍaya*-; Guj.
*meḍī*, *meḍo *an upper storey, etc.].
    ~ Te. *mēḍa *a house of two or more stories, Ta. *mēṭai *raised floor,
platform, terraced house. Cf. *māḍi*.


Regards,
Suresh.


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Arlo Griffiths
<arlogriffiths at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Dear colleagues,
>
> I am trying to find the source for this "L." entry in Monier-Williams.
> Normally, one finds a Kośa reference by checking in PW, or if that fails in
> pw. Neither PW nor pw seems to have been Monier-WIlliams' source, and the
> Nachträge don't contain this lemma either. So I am at a loss. Can anyone
> tell me in what source Monier-Williams may have found this word? Or, more
> interestingly, can anyone tell me where it is attested, whether
> "lexicographically" or elsewhere?
>
> Thank you. Best wishes,
>
> Arlo Griffiths
> EFEO/Jakarta
>
>
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