Translation
Topic started by Mahesh (@ 203.197.20.31) on Sun Nov 24 07:50:13 .
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Hello
Can u please let me know the english words for the following?
1) Nel KalathuMedu
2) Pinakku Podugira Thanneer Thotti
3) Kasivu Neer Kuttai
Thanx
Mahesh
Responses:
- From: naNban (@ hse-hamilton-ppp190248.sympatico.ca)
on: Sun Nov 24 09:18:52
Mahesh:
Try your words in the online Tamil lexicon one by one
http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/indologie/tamil/otl_search.html
and then combine them in a sensible way.
- From: AlwaysRight (@ 203.155.35.89)
on: Sun Nov 24 09:37:07
Pinakku Podugira Thanneer Thotti --> stomach
Kasivu Neer Kuttai --> toilet
- From: aRiyaadhavan (@ cpe0080c6f8642d.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com)
on: Sun Nov 24 13:09:02
NaNban! Thanks for the link-this should help along with my agarAthi, but I fear either I am not using the lexicon efficiently or perhaps dont know how to go abt it properly. For example, if you type the words "king" (the example provided in primer) you get a slew of words starting with araivan2. perhaps a naive question: why the 2? What does that 2 mean? there is no araivan1?? Likewise if you type the word "bull" (also the example shown), the word "kALai" or "nanti" which should be the correct one appears as # 163 on the list. I know you get a tree or family of words, but if someone has no clue abt a word, is this not misleading? Also while I find it a little useful for English to Tamil the vice-versa (Tamil-English) has not been of much help. Check out some of the examples to see what I mean. Could you please provide pointers on this if you have used this before. Like I mentioned, I may be using it inefficiently. Thanking you in advance for yur time.
- From: arudkO (@ l-lh121-7g.cavern.carleton.ca)
on: Mon Nov 25 17:07:16
" For example, if you type the words "king" (the example provided in primer) you get a slew of words starting with araivan2. perhaps a naive question: why the 2? What does that 2 mean? there is no araivan1??"
I think it should be 'arasan2' or
aracan2'. 'n2' is a letter, it's the last 'mey ezhuththu' in Tamil! The reason they denote that letter with 'n2' is to defferenitate from the letter 'n' pronouced as nth but usaed as n when combined with vovels such nAy(dog) etc.
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