Nihali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly akin to the verb लॅंजॉ (lenjo), लॅजॉ (lejo), लेंजॉ (lēnjo, to draw water).[3]

Noun

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जॉप्पॉ (joppo)[4]

  1. water
    चच्कॉ जॉप्पॉ[5]cacko joppohot water
    डव्र​ जॉप्पॉ[6]ḍavra joppomuddy water
    मस्तॉ जॉप्पॉ[7]masto joppogood water
    अड्डॉनॅ जॉप्पॉ[8]aḍḍone jopposap of the tree (literally, “water of the tree”)
    जॉप्पॉ ऑछॉनिकं[9]joppo ochonikawater boils
    जॉप्पॉ रबंकॅन[10]joppo rabankenwater will become cool
    कुइँटकि जॉप्पॉ[11]kuĩṭaki joppowater from multiple wells
    हॉटि परय्न्कि जप्पॉ बॅटॅलं[12]hoṭi paraynki jappo beṭelathere is no water in that river
    मकं करम्राजं होसियर डुदिकि जॉप्पॉ कोरिदान
    धरम्राजं भोलं मकं ऍटॅय जॉप्पॉ हॉटॉकोरि
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    maka karamrāja hōsiyar ḍudiki joppo kōridān
    dharamrāja bhōla maka eṭey joppo hoṭokōri
    So Karamrāja [is] clever [so] had carried water in a gourd.
    Dharamrāja [was] innocent so he did not carry water.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ LSI IV (1906), page 250, line 66; Shafer (1941), pages 354, 361; Kuiper (1962), page 80; Mundlay (1996), page 43a
  2. ^ Shafer (1941), page 361; Kuiper (1962), pages 61, 77, 80; Mundlay (1996), page 43a
  3. ^ Shafer (1941), pages 354, 361; Kuiper (1962), page 88
  4. ^ Kuiper (1962), pages 37, 80, 88, 99, 113b; Mundlay (1996), pages 17a, 20a, 30b, 35b, 89a; Nagajara (2014), page 10 etc.; Mohan (2015), page 187
  5. ^ Nagajara (2014), pages 264
  6. ^ Nagajara (2014), page 272
  7. ^ Nagajara (2014), page 304
  8. ^ Mundlay (1996), page 17a
  9. ^ Mundlay (1996), page 35b
  10. ^ Kuiper (1962), page 99
  11. ^ Mohan (2015), page 187
  12. ^ Kuiper (1962), page 77
  13. ^ Nagajara (2014), page 177, lines 21–22
  14. ^ Mundlay (1996), page 20a
  15. ^ Mundlay (1996), page 30a; Nagajara (2014), page 290
  16. ^ Kuiper (1962), pages 61, 80; Nagaraja (2014), pages 117, 178, 205

Bibliography

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  • LSI IV = Griegson, G. A., editor (1906), Linguistic Survey of India, volume IV: Muṇḍā and Dravidian languages, Calcutta
  • Shafer, Robert (1941) “Nahālī. A Linguistic Study in Paleoethnography”, in Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, volume 5, number 3/4, →JSTOR, pages 346–371
  • Kuiper, F. B. J. (1962) Nihali, a comparative study, Amsterdam: Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij
  • Mundlay, Asha (1996) “Nihali Lexicon”, in Mother Tongue, number 2, pages 17–47
  • Nagaraja, K. S. (2014) The Nihali Language, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, →ISBN
  • Mohan, Shailendra (2015) “Noun morphology in Nihali and Korku: a comparative account”, in Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, volume 75, →JSTOR, pages 185–194