Dr Porcher: you ask: I Quote: "You don't mention કોથા Kotha, is this wrong?" MY Ans: yes, no such thing ... this fruit is not called kotha કોથા
english spelling should be Kotthu for Gujarati spelling *કોઠુ* its hard dental /dentate pronounciation . And KOHU કોહું seems to be listed in a regional gujarati internet site.which seems written well, so I take it they are right in the listing it on their website page ... may be a regional difference, some tribal gujarati name that is accepted locally... I have not seen this કોહું Kohu in modern gujarati literature of educated folks, nor in gujarati dictionary and the gujarat state flora listing Q: re Kotthi ... is feminine ... refers to the tree (mother) that bears the Kotthu fruit ... Thanks for asking this question, I ended up spending a lot of time looking thru tons of books, and learnt that what one learns in good schools and precise parents while one was a wee child remains in some unknown recesses in the brain and come up when needed... the books and dictionaries bore out the stored data in the recesses of the cortex somewhere .. hope this helps usha di ------- On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:12 PM, OZmic <[email protected]> wrote: > Excellent work Dinesh ji. > I have 2 or 3 dumb little questions; > You don't mention કોથા Kotha, is this wrong? > Is Kothi = Kotthi, Kothu = Kotthu? if not what are the scripted words > equivalent. > You list કોહું Kohu but Usha di mentions Kotthu. Please explain. > It is very informative to mention the differences between sing. plur. > masc. and fem. Thanks Usha di. Those of us who do have grammatical genders > in their language greatly appreciate these details. Some languages do not > have plurals so it is also good to mention that there could be 2 forms of > the same name depending on the number. > I humbly suggest to master Dinesh that it would be useful to add this info > to names in such listings, something like (sing.) (plur.) (masc.) (fem.). > Example કોઠી Kothi (fem.). > > > > On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 5:40:16 AM UTC+10, Dinesh Valke wrote: >> >> *Limonia acidissima * L. >> >> >> >> - ¿ *lie-MOW-nee-uh* ? -- from Persian *limuna* or Arabic *limoin* >> *ass-id-ISS-ee-muh* -- from Latin *acidus* (very sour) >> ... Dave's >> Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf-XnKALJLi4ZvWhItDcjW2mcyZrg> >> >> >> [image: Kavit (Hindi: >> कावित)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7087801009%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdVkWPAToYH3I-EhLAZFSVww1yfCw> >> Apr 14, 2012 ... at Sagar Upvan, Mumbai >> >> >> >> *commonly known as*: curd fruit, elephant apple, monkey fruit, wood >> apple • *Arabic*: tuffâhh el fîl • *Bengali*: কপিত্থ kapittha, কয়েতবেল >> kayetabela • *Gujarati*: કોઠા kotha, કોઠી kothi • *Hindi*: दधिफल >> dadhiphal, दन्तसठ dantasath, कैथ or कैथा kaith, कपित्थ kapitth, कठबेल >> katabel, कावित kavit, मन्मथ manamath, पुष्पफल pushpaphal • *Kannada*: >> ಬೇಲದ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಮರ baelada hannina mara, ಬೇಲದ ಮರ baelada mara, ದಧಿಫಲ >> dadhiphala, ದಮ್ತಸಟ damtasata, ಕಪಿಠಾ kapithha, ಮನಮಥ ಮರ manmatha mara, >> ನಾಯಿಬೆಲ nayibel • *Malayalam*: നായ് വേലം naay veelam, വിളങ്കായ് >> vilankaay • *Marathi*: कपित्थ kapith, कवंठ kavant, कवंठी kavanti, कवठ >> kavat • *Oriya*: koyito • *Prakrit*: कइत्थं kaittham, कइत्थो kaittho • * >> Sanskrit*: दधिफल dadhiphala, दधित्थ dadhittha, दन्तशठ danthashatha, >> कपित्थं kapithama, कपित्य kapitya, कपित्यं kapityama, पुष्पफल pushpaphala • >> *Tamil*: கபித்தம் kapittam, கவித்தம் kavittam, தந்தசடம் tantacatam, விளா >> vila, விளா மரம் vilamaram, விளாம்பழம் vilampazam • *Telugu*: కపిత్థము >> kapitthhamu, వెలగ velaga, వెలగపండు velagapandu >> >> *Native to*: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand >> >> *References*: Flowers of >> India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FWood%2520Apple.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcwKUeC8I9Qka08D1bLE0s8g2dFgQ>• >> ENVIS >> - >> FRLHT<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fenvis.frlht.org.in%2Fbotanical_search.php%3Ftxtbtname%3DLimonia%2Bacidissima%26gesp%3D1322%257CLimonia%2Bacidissima%2BL.&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfBATQvNvPbzvktAi0btBfnYzgsEw>• >> Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLimonia_%2528plant%2529&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfmrmAd4p6TyDTcfwrM6XSdXtjdkA>• >> Purdue >> University<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hort.purdue.edu%2Fnewcrop%2Fmorton%2Fwood-apple.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzebCHo2R4qUkTD-vJFHUycK-iKdrw>• >> World >> Agroforestry >> Centre<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldagroforestrycentre.org%2Fsea%2FProducts%2FAFDbases%2Faf%2Fasp%2FSpeciesInfo.asp%3FSpID%3D18044&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdZs9WS19YgZ4B38kDlCNvh3p8vfQ>• >> M.M.P.N.D.<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au%2FSorting%2FCitrus_3.html%23Feronia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfmnyfWObRtw1o3wntwolQeDnaVNQ>• >> Digital >> Dictionaries of South >> Asia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdsal.uchicago.edu%2Fdictionaries%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf6uenyoQ09XSR__kqQB9oTVQ4dNQ> >> >> >> *more views*: >> >> - Apr 14, 2012 ... at Sagar Upvan, Mumbai >> [image: Kapittam (Tamil: >> கபித்தம்)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7087799491%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcbVWzcbmlEOaMp4cbhYJJ_MoMZUQ> >> [image: >> Limonia >> acidissima]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6941726106%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzebip0mKF-Fh7GmRv_IHoBECNaJLA> >> [image: >> Vilankaay (Malayalam: >> വിളങ്കായ്)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7087800481%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf0OXHwsN3Phbtz95dOt4fH0R8wcQ> >> - Feb 17, 2008 ... along Mahabaleshwar - Wai Road, Maharashtra >> [image: Kawath (Marathi: >> कवठ)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2276564568%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdEgNvuLa_Ygl6XjUqBQhu95vt1CA> >> [image: >> Kapithama (Sanskrit: >> कपित्थं)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2276565334%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze7VCnwU0gQnCYME74p-yEs8i98XQ> >> >> >> >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh > > -- Usha di ===========
