Thank you very very much Vijayasankar ji for this elaborate help with the generic Tamil name for *Ceropegia* spp. Regards. Dinesh
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Vijayasankar Raman <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 1:13 AM Subject: Re: Tamil (generic) names for Ceropegia spp. To: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Dear Dinesh ji, I looked at the etymology of the name Ceropegia and it appears that Linnaeus named it so as he thought the flowers looked like wax and shaped like a fountain or stream. The term wax-fountain may be written in Tamil மெழுகூற்று Mezhugootru (wax = மெழுகு/mezhugu + fountain = ஊற்று/ootru), hence the name *மெழுகூற்றுப் பூ* would translate to the wax-fountain flower. However, the name *விளக்குப் பூ* = Vilakku pū or Vilakkuppoo (lantern flower) seems more practical may be due to the popular use of the name lantern flower. To describe the general habit in Tamil, the term *கொடி *= kodi is added as a suffix to the name of a climber (e.g. *விளக்குப்பூ **கொடி)*, and *செடி *= chedi for a herb. Valli வல்லி is not a typical Tamil name. ஆலை Aalai generally refers to Mill (sugar mill = சர்க்கரை ஆலை). And, the names விளக்குப்பூ ஆலை and விளக்குப்பூல do not seem to be correct. Hope this helps. Best regards, Vijayasankar On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 12:56 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Vijayasankar ji, > Can we give a generic name for all those *Ceropegia* spp. which are found > distributed in Tamil Nadu, yet are not given any names ? > In English, we have the "lantern flowers" given to the genus *Ceropegia*. > > Taking help from Google Translate, I found *விளக்குப் பூ* = *vilakkup pu.* > If this does not sound / look good, maybe you can suggest a name. > > Again depending on the plant's habit, we can suffix it with "வல்லி" or > "ஆலை". > > Thus for > climbing Ceropegia spp. ... *விளக்குப்பூ வல்லி* > non-climbing ... விளக்குப்பூ ஆலை ... I think the two words compound to > *விளக்குப்பூல*. > > Please help. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC0WQ0oErDLwiKVGUMoCp3mMJhAUGiGqxZ6AKGp%3DQBxXEQ%40mail.gmail.com.
