Ref. Goenet A post/Query on the origin of TARVOTTI
(quoted below)
Tar-votti
I think it is taken from the Konkani word ‘Tarum’
Tarun= boat/canoe/ship
Tarum=Voddem, pathmar,bott
TarRUM is pronounced as in ‘Po-RUM’ (last year/past years)
Also, as in Me-RUM (deer)
Plural of Tarum is Tarvam (boats)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:28:02 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Origin of word Tarvotti - help
Can someone help me, perhaps Ven'u, who is good at these things. I'd like
to know the actually meaning of the word tarvotti. I am assuming it is two
Nice to hear your pleasant/plasing voice, Rico dear,
Kal'iz re fhap'chollém...
I remember Bhate's the news' agents from my Goa Monitor
days.
AT
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:17:47 +0530 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
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My dear Goans Brothers and Sisters,
(This from the desk of Joao crasto(alias John Crasto ex student of brittos')
Goa is one state that most of other state Indians come and perched in our
beautiful land but a goan will not be given a chance to other state but
that rarely except for
In Loving Memory
Of
Dollorosa D’souza (Dolly)
Born: 9th Jun.
1933
Died: 13th Aug. 2008
(Toronto – Canada)
Wife
of: Late Nelson V.
To Goanet -
Selma wrote:
I'd like to know the actually meaning of the word tarvotti.
I am assuming it is two words, the genesis being tarv,
and the addition being otti.
The word is an 'apabransha' of the Sanskrit word taranti,
meaning boat.
Related Sanskrit words are taraN and tAraN (where N
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Hi Selma, hi people,
A quick email from Narita airport.
I am not sure about precise origins being located in other languages, but
the word for sail in Portuguese is vela; for sailing its is navigatao
(accent marks omitted); sailor is marinheiro, and for journey it is viagem,
and for ship its
Dear Tony,
Venita Coelho Jaise Koi nahin! At least, I have not heard of any
SINGLE lady her age take up responsibility for raising a child single
handedly! [actually Keira is more than two hands full! ;-)]
I have not heard of the other two guys you listed but take you word
for it. I have never
Then there is Gerry Nazareth, retired Judge (Hongkong) Nephew of the
QC and his daughter who is head of BBC in house:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/05_may/27/nazareth.shtml
2008/8/14 Tony de Sa [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Dear Miguel,
Let me thank you very much for
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Good Morning Goans in Goa. Is their counterfeit money doing the rounds
as yet? rubygoes
Hi Eugene,
You provided a service to Goans by giving us the story behind the story and a
segway for others who provided the 'not so pleasant facts' like the poor
attendance. Hope all exchanges, that followed your post, help the next
convention. If all this dialog had occurred after the
Cheers Dears
By Augusto Pinto
The Radioactive Bananas
Dears,
I met Teofilus Dos Reis Magos Fernandes or Toff, the true Renaissance man of
Moira, outside the church on Sunday. Teofilus had studied astronomical
physics in addition to astrology. But, he has also read widely in
philosophy,
Dollorosa D'souza (Dolly)
Born: June 9, 1933
Died: August 13, 2008 (Toronto, Canada)
Wife of Late Nelson V. D'souza (Ex-Kuwait Airways, Kuwait)
Mother of Glenn/Sharon (Kuwait), Derrick/Sandra (Kuwait), Audrey/Late
Vincent Noronha (Toronto), Deborah/Hubert (Doha), Karyn/Christopher
(Toronto),
r, et al, see this...
Quite an obscene display of ostentiousness (aka providing employment):
Billionaire ! Life style in Goa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQaCEjAvc0U
Adim Tar(i) kaddun Ponnje – Mapusa voitale. (going by boat/
Canoe) (or Agxi-Kut’talle etc)
Antam zaliat pul ( now there are bridges)
Ever head of local talking
Fuim?
Or Khoim? (Where?)
Vhoddakode (near the oak tree)
Tintteakodde (near fish market)
Zorikodde (near the pring)
Abkarikode (near the
A megalopolis in making on India's southwest coast (Letter from Kerala)
By B.R.P. Bhaskar
Propelled largely by funds sent home by people working abroad, mostly
in the Gulf countries, Kerala's coastal belt is undergoing rapid
urbanisation of a kind not witnessed elsewhere.
Kerala has five
To Goanet -
Frederick [FN] Noronha wrote:
r, et al, see this...
Quite an obscene display of ostentiousness...
What to do? The man desperately wants to be
seen as India's Trump or Branson. Like 99% of
urban Indians, he aspires to be like some white guy.
Let me also dispose of another matter
Dears,
Let me start with the GBA.
I believe that the GBA was the best thing that happened to Goa after the
Opinion Poll and the Language Agitation. That Goa needed a very stable yet
strong, People Oriented 'Pressure Group' to keep the increasingly
self-centered governments of the day in
Dear Joe,
Thanks for the reply. This clipping of yours shows Anjuna beach next to the
Flea Market. Can you guess who is the man in green shirt standing next to the
Lamani woman? He is our famous Konkani writer, Bonaventure D'Pietro from
Pequeno Chinvar, Anjuna.
Best regards,
Domnic
Today is Independence Day and by coincidence or not, it also happens to be
the feast of the Assumption. In Moira, we also celebrate the feast of the
harvest (Novem).
On this day, a procession of Confrades and others headed by the parish
priest wends its way to the Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes
Domnic just told me that his book DOMNIC's GOA, Rs 350, is available
at the following places in Anjuna. It makes a
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'ARCADE' supermarket at Sorantto
'OXFORD' supermarket at Mazalvaddo
'SPEEDWAY TRAVELS' at Tembi
A cyber cafe in
STATEMENT BY EDUARDO FALEIRO, COMMISSIONER FOR NRI
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I was in Toronto (Canada) from July 25-31. The purpose of my
visit was to inaugurate the annual Global Goans Convention.
You may recall that we had decided that this yearly event
should be held by
During days of National importance, like the Independence Day and the
Republic Day, our National Anthem is regularly featured on Television.
Does every India stand up to respect it every time it is played? Do
those who don't stand up show disrespect to it in the process? There
was a debate on this
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--- On Thu, 8/14/08, Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Eugene,
You provided a service to Goans by giving us the
story behind the story and a segway for others
who provided the 'not so pleasant facts' like the
poor attendance.
I have no idea why an intelligent professional
--- On Fri, 8/15/08, Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let me also dispose of another matter - this
jejune claim about India becoming a superpower.
Are the software supercoolies going to turn
us into one? Ha ha ha.
This biased emotional utterance is countered by the informed
From: Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have not being opening any of the posts on this subject simply
because it is beyond common sense that it is in Lourdes
that God concentrates on answering requests and providing miracles.
If God cannot find you in your living room, s/he is not going to find
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- On Sun, 8/10/08, Fr. Ivo C da Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
His study confirmed that the flesh and blood were of human
origin. The flesh was unequivocally cardiac tissue, and the blood was of
type AB.
The type AB blood means that the owner of the
000
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The Children - joined the Goans world wide as we celebrated WORLD GOA DAY
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Frederick [FN] Noronha wrote:
r, et al, see this...
Quite an obscene display of ostentiousness...
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:19:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What to do? The man desperately wants to be
seen as India's Trump or Branson. Like 99% of
urban Indians, he
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Selma said:
So if possible, what is the word tarv, is a Portugeuse word absorbed by our
language, or does it have a Konkani origin. Any help appreciated.
---
Hi,
Agbot is a Konkani word for a ship that sails in shallow waters eg. Goa to
Bombay, Kerala etc.
Tarvot is a Konkani word for a
To Goanet -
Santosh Helekar wrote:
This biased emotional utterance is countered by the informed
analysis of Goldman Sachs. Please see:
http://www2.goldmansachs.com/ideas/brics/book/99-dreaming.pdf
What did you do, frantically search Google and
shovel the first link that came up? Your trust
Clearly hard work pays off congrats to the kids and thanks to their Portuguese
citzenship!
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freedom. Today we are masters in hell. Though slavery is written off in letters
in reality we are still slaves. People living in Goa are yet to attain freedom.
We have electricity connection but no current
From a post by Dr. U. G. Barad:
Inflation soars to 13 year high of 12.44% showing no
sign of reversing its rising graph for the week ended
August 2, on the back of rising food and fuel prices.
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:04:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dr. U. G. Barad,
Today
For India-born vigneron, the grapes are sweet! (With Images) (With Images)
By Neena Bhandari
Mornington Peninsula (Australia), Aug 15 (IANS) Come December, and
award winning Delhi-born winemaker Paramdeep Ghumman will be in India
with his selection of fine wines, as Australian Red and White
From: edward desilva [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...similar miracles were performed by a portuguese lady.
***Thank you, Edward, for the news and precaution. If this is the case, the
alleged miracle will be revealed.
My contention is that there are Eucharistic miracles. I happened to give
this example,
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The level of gullibility displayed in the quoted post indicates that the
people involved in propagating such miracles do not want their claims to
be subjected to real scientific tests, and face the prospect of
disillusionment.
***This is wrong. The Church
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visualize the need to invest in his education. Perhaps he did not dream that
U. Barad said:
Inflation soars to 13 year high of 12.44% showing no sign of reversing its
rising graph for the week ended August 2, on the back of rising food and
fuel prices. This inflation in fact has touched to 39 % at Aam Admis level.
---
Hi All,
I'm surprised Porrikars people have not
Aye, that was a scene out of Hati Meri Saati or wot? The interviewer
never asked what ole Mallyie had for breakfast? Or perhaps one of his
security detail is hiding in his shirt! Wow, Candolim must be a
dangerous place..to go out with security like that...sheee mn!
Maaso raao re..my young
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Edna Fernandes: Last Jews of Kerala
10 Aug: Morning Star (UK). Jean Turner reviews the book. During the
reign of King Solomon, merchant Jews made Cochin, Kerala, their home.
A thousand years later, a second wave of Jews arrived. This set
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