Guest guest Posted May 16, 2001 Report Share Posted May 16, 2001 naga_ganesan [sMTP:naga_ganesan] skrev 16. mai 2001 21:07: > > What does IE *kuud- signify? In Tamil, kuuttu = dance, > kUttar = dancers, kUTu = to join/to harmonize, > Words for music like "icai", "poruttutal" (porunan2 = singer), > also have semantic agreement with "kUTu". -T-/-t- > changes do occur within Tamil: kaTavu/katavu 'gate', > paTalai/patalai (a sangam era drum). kUtti = devadasi, dancer, > kuuti = yoni. As far as I know, there is no Indo-European word *kuud-. My point was that if zuudra was I-E, the original word must have started with *kuud-. This is easy to predict if you know the sound laws. Lars Martin Dr. art. Lars Martin Fosse Haugerudvn. 76, Leil. 114, 0674 Oslo Norway Phone: +47 22 32 12 19 Mobile phone: +47 90 91 91 45 Fax 1: +47 22 32 12 19 Fax 2: +47 85 02 12 50 (InFax) Email: lmfosse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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