Kuiper's List of Rig Veda Substrate Words
Kuiper's List of Rig Veda Substrate Words
Kuiper's List of Rig Veda Substrate Words
140. kaulitara PN, 'name of father of a demon/enemy, the Dasa Śambara' = "son of
Kulitara?"
141. krivi PN, 'name of a tribe/ chieftain'
142. krī
- 'to play, joke, leap, jump, move exceeingly
143. krumu FN 'name of a river, Kurram River';
144. kumpa 'mushroom?' cf. -kapau
145. kvikå 'name of an animal, a vulture?', cf. kauma 'Flachs' for k•
146. khaja-kt 'an epithet of Indra' "one who creates battle melee??" ; 'bustle of war'
khajam-kara 1.102.6, TB
33. å-kha
ala "an epithet of Indra"
147. khadira 'a hardwood tree, Acacia catechu'
148. khargala 'owl'; cf. khgala?
3. a-kharva 'mutilated, cripple, humbacked, dwarfed'
149. khala 'threshing floor'
150. khalu particle: 'as you know, as is well known' - 'doch'
151. khådi 'bracelet, ring (of Maruts)'
152. khårī a measure (for fluids, grain)
153. khilya 'unploughed land'
154. khgala ''armor?' - "staff, crutch, amulet, armor, brush??'2.39.4.
155. khela PN 'name of a god or chieftain'
156. gagå FN 'Ganges'; derivative: gågya- 'belonging to the Ganges' 6.45.31
157. gaa 'group, following, horde'
4. a-gada 'free from desease' see above : gada
158. gandhåri PN 'name of a tribe' (in N. Pakistan) --
159. gargara 'lute'
160. garta 'seat, throne' -- 'seat of a war chariot'
161. galdå '?' "stream, sounding??" 8.1.20
162. gugu PN 'nameof a clan or tribe'
162. gugū PN 'a female deity'
163. gupita 'twisted mess' ---'entangled, tangle'
163* camri 'ladle' ?
164. caåla 'knob on top of an offering pole' < "snout of a boar?"
165. caa 'a big fish' -- cf. jhaa,
166. ciccika 'a bird'
167. cumuri PN 'a demon fought by Indra'
168. cedi PN 'nameof a tribe'
169. chåga 'ram, goat'
170. chubuka 'chin'
170* jaghana 'Schamgegend'
171. jañjaå-bhavat 'flickering, flaming'
172. jahara 'belly, womb' (jathára, jáhara, jáhala)
173. jahara "?"
174. jahala "?"
175. ja
hu "?" - " dumb, greedy??"
176. jatru 'certain parts of cartilage or bones'
177. jabåru '?' 4.5.7
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178. jaråyu 'shed snake skin, hull, afterbirth' -- 'outer covering (chorion) of the
embryo'
179. jarūtha PN 'name of a demon overcome by Indra'
180. jalåa '?' (of a medicine) -- 'kühlend'
181. jalpi 'unclear speach, mumbling' -- 'to speak, murmur'
182. jahnåvi PN 'name of a women', fromJahnu, name of a noble family
183. jåhua PN 'name of a ptotege of the Aśvin gods'
184. jīmūta 'thunder cloud'
184* jīri Kui, Ki 143
184** takarī in a magical incantation for successful childbirth: AV, TS
185. ta
it 'close by?' > 'lightening" in post-Vedic; --
185* tandrayu 'lazy,slothful', Kui,Ki 176
186. taranta PN 'name of a man'
187. taruka PN 'name of a man' (~ Dåsa Balbūtha)
188. tarya PN 'nameof a man' 5.44.12 (in 'the most difficult hymn of the RV')
189. taskara 'robber, thief'
190. tånva 'bodily'
191. tirindira PN 'name of a demon'
192. tilvila 'fertile, rich'
193. tugra PN 'name of a man'
194. turīpa 'sperma, semen, seed' -- seminal fluid'
195. turphari '?' 10.106.6, 8
196. turva PN 'name of a man'
turvaśa PN 'name of a man and tribe'
197. turvīti PN 'nameof aman'
198. tūråśa 'quick torrent?'
199. tki PN 'name of a chieftain'
200. ttsu PN 'name of a tribe or clan'
200* da
a 'stick', for ara
201. dundubhi 'a (big) drum'
202. du-śīma PN '?'
203. dūrva ''a type of grass, Cynedon (paicum) dactylon'
204. dbhīka PN, 'name of a demon killed by Indra'
205. ma
ura-dhåikī '?', "having a rusty (bloody) vulva??" -- 'mit verrosteter Scham'?;
dhåikå 'vulva' AV
206. dhuni PN 'name of a demon'
207. na
a 'reed' (< IE *nedo?)
208. namī PN 'name of a chieftain', (ally of Indra in fighting Namuci')
209. namuci PN 'name of a demon fought by Indra and the Aśvin'
210. nahu PN 'name of a tribe'
nahua PN 'name of a tribe'
211. nå
ī 'flute, pipe'
212. nicumpua '?'; "swell, pouring out, bubbling??" cf. 182
213. niik 'inner part, hidden?' " kept secret, strong manly ??" 4.5.8
niya ditto
214. nika 'silver or gold necklace'
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288. ma
ūra(-dhåiki) '?' 'rusty, reddish, dirty'
14. a-manda 'not- stupid, lazy' -- 'not weak'
289. mayūra(-roman) 'having hair like a peacock(- feather/"hair")'
mayūrī 'female peacock' --
289* marīci 'beam of light', Kui, Ki 170
290. mala 'dirt, uncleanliness' -- 'dirt, impurity'
291. maaråra PN 'name of a person'
292. mīl 'to close the eyes' ; sam-mīl 'to close the eyes'
293. mukījå ''?' 1.152.2
293* mukha Kui, Ki 148
294. muñja(-nejana) 'a grass, Saccharum munja' mauñja 'related to M.grass'
295. mudgala PN, 'name of a poet' --- 'bud'
mudgalånī 'wife of Mudgala'
295* musala 'pestle' Kui, Ki 151
295* mūla 'root' Kui, Ki 158
296. me
ī 'rustling (of wind, fire, Såman melody'
296* menå Kui, Ki 146, 161
*meẽa RV 10
297. maujavata ON 'belong ing to *Mūja-vant', the name of a mountain in the
Himalayas
298. yaku PN '(nick)name of a tribe' (=Yadu?)
299. yadu PN 'name of a tribe'
yådva 'belonging to Yadu'
300. yayåti PN 'name of an ancient chieftain, offerer'
300* yåduri '?" in conn. with hip, buttock. Kui, Ki 179, 180 'not sufficiently
explained'.
301. yåśu 'semen,discharge of semen?'
302. raji PN, 'name of a demon killed by Indra'
303. rapsud '?' -- RV 8.72.12
304. råkå PN, 'ame of a goddess (of birth?)'; full moon
305. rå
ya '??' -- 6.23.6
306. råspina '??' "sounding??" 1.122.4
råspira "??" 1.43.12
307. ruma PN "name of a protegee of Indra'
308. ruru(-śīran) '(head of) a typ of deer'
309. ruśama PN 'name of a person, clan' (pl.)
(rúśama, ruśáma)
308* reu 'dust' Kui, Ki 159, reu-kakåa, =kkaa
310. ropaåkå 'name of a bird' (connected with jaundice, Gelbsucht)
311. lalåmī ''forehead' -- having a blaze, star (cattle)'
312. lågala 'plough'
313. libujå 'creeper'
314. vasaga 'bull (buffalo)'
315. vagda PN 'name of ademon, enemy of Indra' 316. vaūrin '??' 1.133.2 ( ~
pad)
317. vaij 'merchant?'
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