Re: baparao gaari ge'de praSna

Suresh Kolichala (suresh@austin.ibm.com)
Fri, 19 Jan 1996 00:54:08 -0600 (CST)

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> subject title choosi baparao gaari ge'deku vaccina praSna ani apaartham cEsukOvaddu. baparao gaariki vaccina ge'de praSna ani naa uddhESyam. ikapOtE naa
> attempted solution:
> mahaa + "she" = mahishi.
> what do you think?

I may be speaking out of context, since I do not know what Bapa Rao gaari
gEde praSna was. If it is about the etymology of the word mahishi, then
I think palaka is right in saying mahishi has connection to mahaa.

I remember reading that mahaa, mahat, mahi (great land=earth), mahisha,
mahishi are all cognate words, and all these words imply something "great".
mahisha-mRga was originally used for buffalo, and later the word seem to
have continued with this meaning with mRga suffix dropped.

Regards,
Suresh.