Maybe Konkani is not derived from Sanskrit. Maybe it is derived from Tamil. On May 20, 2015 5:52 PM, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > >
