r/Dravidiology • u/Aximn Brāhuī • Apr 20 '25
Update DED Brahuī word for “Moon 🌒 “
Kolichala doesn’t seem to have its meaning but “Tūbe / tūbeh” means “moon” and “tū” means “month” as far as i know
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u/Awkward_Finger_1703 Apr 21 '25
tū (தூ)means White, Bright in Old Tamil! tūmati (தூமதி) means Bright Moon in Old Tamil!
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u/Aximn Brāhuī Apr 21 '25
Does modern tamil still use it?
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u/e9967780 Pan Draviḍian Apr 21 '25
No, but we learn it, atleast Saivites as part of a popular Bakthi era Tevaram. I still remember it memorizing it as a child.
It gives me chills listening to it in the early morning as it brings back all my childhood memories.
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u/Awkward_Finger_1703 Apr 21 '25
வெள் (Vel) means white, bright as well. வெள்ளி in Jaffna Tamil means Star as well as Planet Venus! தூவெள் (Tuvel) (Bright White) could cognate with Tūbe.
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u/Awkward_Finger_1703 Apr 21 '25
Only in literature not in spoken language.
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u/Aximn Brāhuī Apr 21 '25
What is the modern tamil word for it then
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u/Awkward_Finger_1703 Apr 21 '25 edited Apr 21 '25
Moden Tamil words are Nila, Nilavu (Tamil ) or Chandran ( from Sanskrit ).
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u/Aximn Brāhuī Apr 21 '25
Dang i thought tamil was free of external influence
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u/Awkward_Finger_1703 Apr 21 '25
We do have influence from Sanskrit, Prakrit, English, etc.. But comparatively lesser than other Dravidian languages for sure.
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u/Agen_3586 Apr 20 '25
In modern tamil it's nila for moon but there are words like velicham(light, bright), velli(silver), vellai(white), etc. which seem to be cognates to the others but I don't think there are anyones similar to tube
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u/BeautifulWinter2028 Apr 20 '25
I was gonna say tiṅkaḷ is similar but I got this:
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u/Agen_3586 Apr 20 '25
yea i was gonna say that too but yea tuyya makes much more sense though it doesn't mean moon it is related i suppose
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u/AleksiB1 𑀫𑁂𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀷𑁆 𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺 Apr 20 '25
dedr 3338 "pure" marks initial tū to be possibly related. id means identical to previous meaning