which anything is cooked', hence an 'oven'; my $600* meant 'property', now it means 'living'; Wunsol meant 'iron', hence any useful metal, but now restricted to 'gold'; $of my meant also a 'pig', now only an 'elephant'; 056 meant “justice' 5 5720000:1, now only mid-day'; 24meant a 'pit’or a low ground from & v' below and the particle of direction, now it means the 'east,' which was believed by the early Tamilians as the low-lying land in reference to the Western Ghats ; Cer@ meant 'cruelty' or 'that which was bent' and now, it means a 'branch' of a tree; 404 meant learning' (கல்வி ) and it is now restricted to ' chastity '; இடம் in velli ineant time, as no distinction was made by the early Tamils between time (Skt. 10) and space (இடம்) or they had 10 term to express the notion of time; pu meant to 'spoil or injure' generally, now it means 'to break or cut in twain' like a stick ; Joyuy meant 'death', now living' the opposite of it; wa Mj 660% meant wealth,' or that which is liked', and now it means 'hatred '; goed meant 'staying or tarrying' now 'leaving'; அறுபு and அறுவை (from N அற்- to cut) meant 'separation' and 'a piece of cloth', both of which are now obsolete, the latter word being ousted by another துணி of similar origin; இரவல் meant begging', and it is no longer used in that meaning; செப்ப is a very old word common to Tamil and Telugu, but it has become classical in Tamil and colloquial in Telugu.
1. In Kanarese the name for 'iron' is 'Kabbonnu' or Karumponnu', which means the 'black gold.'
