"thOy" in Tamizh has the meaning, "steep, dip in (as in liquids), or setting (as in yogurt". It also means "wash" as in washing clothes. Wonder if these processes (er,not the washing) are done in the dalithoy dish?
On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> >>
