Thoya is water in sanskrit.  Purely human error in etymology if it has a 
different derivation.

> On 20-May-2015, at 5:44 pm, Thejaswi Udupa <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Where did you get this whole "thoy" meaning "water" angle from? "thoy" and
> "thavve" are cognates and neither has any relation to water as far as I
> know.
> 
> Also, most Konkanis in fact prefer the dalithoy "daaT". "daaT" means thick.
> Quite the opposite of watery.

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