Fwd: Tamil name for Smithia hirsuta Dalzell

[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very very much, Vijayasankar ji, for help with coining this name.

I liked the simple முடி இலைகண்ணி mudi ilaikanni ... it serves our purpose very well.

Regards.

Dinesh

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From: Vijay Raman <vijay.b...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Subject: Re: Tamil name for Smithia hirsuta Dalzell
To: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>

Dear Dinesh ji

I couldn't find a specific Tamil name for "hirsute" or "hairy" when referring to plants (checked TN ENVIS Flora checklist by Dr. Narasimhan et al.). Since this is a distinguishing feature, it would be helpful to have a name with this prefix. I would suggest mudiyudaiya / mudikonda ilaikanni முடியுடைய /முடிகொண்ட இலைகண்ணி or simply mudi ilaikanni முடி இலைகண்ணி. It refers to having hair/trichome and does not specify a hair type or its location in the plant. The Tamil name mudi has multiple meanings such as knot, crown, end etc. but is commonly (mainly) used for hair.

Best,

Vijayasankar 

On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 10:26 AM Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Vijayasankar ji,

I wish we give a name in Tamil to Smithia hirsuta Dalzell, the "hairy smithia".

We have இலைகண்ணி ilaikanni, a name known for Smithia conferta Sm.

I hope adding a word prefix (meaning hairy) to இலைகண்ணி would achieve an appropriate name; please help.

Regards.

Dinesh