Dear Vijayasankar ji ... so so wonderful !!! Many many thanks for helping to coin names for the genus *Stylosanthes* and for *Stylosanthes scabra* Vogel சொர சொர பென்சில் பூ sora sora pencil poo = rough pencil flower ... simply wonderful
Regards. Dinesh ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Vijay Raman <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 10:14 AM Subject: Re: Tamil name for genus Stylosanthes To: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Dear Dinesh ji, The name pencilflower can directly be transcribed to பென்சில் பூ (pencil poo) in Tamil. There are more formal names available for pencil, such as karikkol கரிக்கோல், but they are too formal and are not commonly used. So, *Stylosanthes scabra* can be called சொர சொர பென்சில் பூ (sora sora pencil poo = rough pencil flower). Best, Vijayasankar On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 5:39 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Vijayasankar ji, > > There are quite a few species of *Stylosanthes* that have been introduced > in India for production of forage. > One name "*pencilflower*" is sometimes used for plants in this genus. > > I went ahead to check possible words for pencil in Tamil, of which I found > *இலேகனி > ilekani* appropriate to go with *பூ pu* for flower. > Often I found that whenever "pu" is compounded to a word at the end, it > gets the form "-p-pu" > Thus would it be *இலேகனிப்பூ ilekani-p-pu* > > > Further, I am coining name for *Stylosanthes scabra* Vogel > The epithet *scabra* implies rough or coarse texture > Thus I would think of following adjectives: > ரப்பு rappu > மோட்டா motta > > Thus: > *ரப்பு இலேகனிப்பூ rappu ilekani-p-pu *OR *மோட்டா * *இலேகனிப்பூ motta > ilekani-p-pu* > > > My usual request, heed to this query only if it is not cumbersome, else > just please ignore.. > > 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/CABSQqC1TJasgAtKUOxwm72QDgJgSs2bpYB160s3rw-3U7da%2BYg%40mail.gmail.com.
