Re: konni Telugu mATalu.(Subbarao?)

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>  
> About vennela  
>    It is true to say this came from compounding vela and nela 
>    vela+nela = vennela  
>     
>    vela=vella= telupu(tel), white(eng). 
>    nela=The Moon(eng) is not correct. 

I admit that I don't have authoritative references on this, but to me
it seems that "nela=moon" is a good fit. nela=light to light-of-moon,
therefore= moon by suggestion, hence = month by idiom seems to be
a longer, more complicated etymological route than simply to note that
the natural basis of month in a calendar is the phases of the moon (English
"month" is also from moon, the stylized phrase "many moons ago" is
also common).

Also, in adjectival phrases like "nela-vanka" nela is a direct,
drop-in synonym for "chandra".

Incidentally, I believe that the corresponding pureTelugu word for sun
is "poddu."

While on etymology, here are a couple of fun, pseudoetymologies that "prove"
a relationship between English and Telugu--

vEkuva related to "wake [up in the morning]"

(and vEkuva jaamu = the jam one has with breakfast after one
wakes up in the morning :-) :-))

kaapu related to cop, kaacu vaaDu.

:-)

Bapa Rao

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