Thursday, 26 April 2012

V for valai

V for valai
valai means net
Silandhi valai is spider's net
vaLayal is bangles.
In Tamil there are three sounds for la,

la,      La,  zha
ல ள ழ
பால் - paal - milk
கல் - kal - stone
மக்கள் - makkaL - people
மகள் - magaL - daughter
To form plurals of words gaL is added.
பறவை(paravai) - பறவைகள்(paravaigal) (birds)
குரங்கு(kurangu) - குரங்குகள்(kurangugal) (monkeys)
வளையல்(vaLayal) - வளையல்கள்(vaLayalgaL) (bangles)
Tamil is written with the special zha. 
தமிழ்=Tamizh
Since there is no equivalent in English to the Tamil zh, Tamizh is written Tamil in English.

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