Index
ablative
22, 43
accompanying event
37, 54
accusative
19–23, 62
adivasi
11, 71–72, 74, 77, 312–313
see also tribe
Aḍiyan
10
adjective
5, 17, 24–25, 34, 42–44, 46, 48, 64
adjectiviser
42–43
adverb
17, 24, 42–44
adverbialiser
43
agreement
5, 24, 34–35, 37, 38–41, 44, 56, 86–87
alienable
52
allophone
5, 14–15, 30, 61, 79
Ālu Kur.[Kur. is used as an abbreviation for Kurumba/Kuruba/Kuruman/Kurumar.]
2, 8–11, 69
ambiguity
51, 54
anaphor
20
animacy
18, 22
Annamalai, E.
33, 46, 54
anticipated event
26, 35
areal features
Nilgiri
10, 35, 66, 70, 511
South Asian
5, 45, 51–55
Asher, R.E.
5, 19
aspect
5, 34–38, 40, 43, 49, 56, 86
assimilation
15–16, 18–19, 29–30, 79, 211
absence of
137, 455
Aze, F.R.
56
backchannelling
59–60, 78, 88
Baḍaga
as ethnic group
2, 68–72, 74–75, 85, 315, 319
in the texts
341–344, 349–350, 363, 468, 481, 485–486, 495, 518, 520–525
language
4, 7–10, 12, 35
Balakrishnan, R.
12
Beṭṭa Kur. community
cultural changes
74–77
ethnonyms
1–2, 71
homeland
1, 65, 313
intergroup relations
70–72
lifestyle
75–77, 312–314, 322–338, 365–454
Bhaskararao, P.
11
bilingual
8, 75, 85
Bird-David, N.
68, 70
Blasco, F.
66, 67
borrowing
14, 84–85, 112, 251, 291
see also loanword
Burrow, T.
11, 12
Butt, M.
48
Cardona, G.
56
case
18–24, 43
caste
315, 318, 484, 526
Catford, J.C.
14
Cheṭṭi
10, 11, 12, 70, 71, 74, 314, 363, 608
Chidambaranatha, V.
11
clan
46, 311–312, 314–321
in translated texts
328–329, 338–340, 344–346, 350–360
in interlinearised texts
393–403, 457–459, 466, 495–496, 499, 505–506, 530–593
clause-chaining
5, 6, 34–37, 51–54, 63, 86
clitic
18, 41, 43–45, 51, 282
Coelho, G.
6, 8, 12, 14, 20, 28, 30, 38, 45, 47, 70, 72, 86, 314
cognate
2, 6, 19, 34, 41–42, 201, 254, 319, 484, 511
coinciding event
36
colour term
13, 42–43, 46, 50
comitative
19, 21–22, 466
complement
5, 53–55, 78
see also infinitive
complementary distribution
5, 15–16
completed event
37, 44, 54
compound
5, 18, 42–48, 50–51, 351, 358, 530, 577
compound verb
33–34, 42, 46–48, 50, 53–54, 125, 129
conditional
see contingent event
conjunctive participle
52, 53
contingent event
36–37, 58
negative
43
contraction
45, 48–50, 64, 129
coordination
51–52
copula
41, 47, 52, 57
dative
19–22, 39, 43, 52
defective verb
41, 47, 48
deictic
20–24, 42–43
deletion
44–45, 48, 50, 52, 61–64, 78, 484
Demmer, U.
70, 320
derivation
adjective, adverb, postposition
42–43
noun
18, 24–25
verb
5, 25–34, 42–43
desiderative
36, 59
dialect
2, 10–13, 72, 85, 535
Diffloth, G.
11
diphthong
14, 16, 29–30
discourse
discourse-based apocope
50, 61–64, 86
discourse-based variation
16–17
usage, function
20, 38, 44–45, 50, 52, 57–64, 78–79, 86–87
distributive
42, 44, 458
Dravidian
1–12, 17, 19–20, 27, 33, 35, 38, 41–44, 52, 54–55, 59, 62, 69, 201, 311, 315, 318
Central
3–4
North
3–4
Proto-Dravidian
4–6, 7, 13–14, 27–28, 32, 35, 38, 41, 46, 55, 68
Proto-South-Dravidian
7, 13, 28, 30, 32, 201, 484, 488
South
2–4, 6–10, 29, 38, 55, 511
South-Central
3–4
echo-word
6, 45, 51
education
11, 74–75, 77
Elmore, W.T.
318–319, 484
Elson, B.F.
53
Emeneau, M.B.
5, 9–12, 32, 35, 51, 68, 69, 84
emphatic
44–45
endangerment
13
English
16, 45, 47, 48, 52, 55, 57–58, 75, 79, 311
about English translation
78, 91, 101, 130, 195, 323, 340, 371
exclamative
45
exclusive
20, 22, 40–41
existential
41, 43, 47, 48, 52, 57–58
experiencer
52
expletive
55
expressive
44–45
folktale
interlinearised texts
123–307
origin
84–86
nativisation
85–86, 103, 202
storytellers
87–89
translated texts
89–122
Gaḍaba
4
gender
derivational suffixes
18, 42
in folktales
83–84
in religious practices
320–322
Genetti, C.
53
genitive
19–24
genre
60, 64, 83, 85
Gnanasundaram, V.
13
Gondi
4
Gopalan, C.N.
67
Gorum
56
Gowda, K.S.G.
12
grammaticalisation
33, 46, 54
Gujarati
56
habitual aspect (past)
36–37, 38
Heidemann, F.
11
Himmelmann, N.
88
Hindi
194, 323, 371, 526
historical
11, 12, 68
changes
5–7, 10, 13, 17–18, 27–28, 30, 33–35, 38, 41, 46, 52, 66, 68, 201, 484, 488
classification
4, 7–10, 28, 32
retentions
5, 14, 28, 32, 38
Hockings, P.
1, 10, 12, 65, 68–69, 70, 75, 315, 344, 495
Hook, P.
54, 56
Hopper, P.J.
86
hortative
36, 40, 615
imperative
6, 17, 25, 36–37, 47, 56, 59
imperfective
35–38, 56, 86
inalienable
52
inclusive
20, 22, 36, 40, 44
indefinite
44
Indo-Aryan, Indic
54, 56, 194, 311, 608
infinitive
25, 34–36, 38, 47, 49
in finite clauses
58–59
inflection
nouns
18–24
verbs
5, 25–27, 34–42
insertion
16, 29, 282
instrumental
22
intensifier
42, 44
interjection
44, 59, 457
interrogative
22, 42–44, 46, 64, 140
intonation
44, 63–64, 457
Iruḷa
4, 7–11, 71–72, 74, 315, 320, 339, 349, 461, 520
see also Kasaba
Jayapal, S.
8–9, 12–13
Jebadhas, A.W.
74, 349, 520
Jēnu Kur.
see Kāṭṭunāyaka
Joseph, R.S.
12
Kāḍu Kur.
2
Kannaḍa
2, 4–9, 12, 62, 72, 75, 341, 470
Beṭṭa Kur. equivalents
38, 55, 59, 71, 84, 319, 484
code-mixing
84, 112, 251–255, 291–292, 298, 300, 302, 305
Kapp, D.B.
1, 8, 11, 75
Kasaba
10–11, 71–72, 75
in texts
339, 343, 347, 461, 485–486, 507, 509
see also Irula
Kāṭṭunāyaka
2, 8–10, 12, 70–71, 75–76, 314, 318, 320
in texts
324, 348, 360–362, 375, 515, 593–594, 597–599
kinship term
7, 120–121, 253–254, 295, 304, 314–317
in texts
351, 354, 358, 530, 554, 561, 577–578
see also clan
Koḍagu
4–5, 7–9, 38, 66, 71–72
Kolami
4, 484
Koṇḍa
4
Koraga
4, 7–8
Kota
4–5, 7–11, 35, 38, 68–72, 74–75, 84–85, 314–315, 318, 321
in texts
347, 363, 507
Krishnamurti, Bh.
2–5, 7–9, 32, 38, 41, 46
Kui
4
Kumari, T.C.
5
Kurichiya
10
Kurumba (generic)
1–2, 4, 7–9, 68–70, 75
for individual groups, see first part of the name
Kuṛux
4
Kuvi
4
Ladefoged, P.
14
language contact
5, 10
language loss
13
Lawrence, S.J.
12
Lehmann, T.
19, 59
Lengerke, H.J. von
66–67
lexical suffix
see compound verb
Limbu
56
loanword
5, 16, 19, 29, 48, 79, 311, 455, 460–462, 495
Words explicitly discussed as loans
from English
14, 19, 48, 79
from/via Indic
16, 19, 99, 101, 103, 179, 194, 201, 526, 608
from Tamil
91, 137, 140
locative
19–22, 43
logophor
20
Longacre, R.E.
53
Maddieson, I.
14
Madiga
318–319, 484
Magahi
56
Malayāḷam
4–5, 7–10, 12, 62, 75, 311, 462, 464
Beṭṭa Kur. equivalents
28, 32, 38, 42, 62, 319, 339–340
Mallikarjun, B.
12
Malto
4
Manḍa
4
Mandelbaum, D.G.
68–69, 74
Masica, C.
5, 51, 52
Meenakshisundaram, T.P.
41
Mishra, R.
70–71, 74
modal
40–41, 58–59, 140, 185
Mohanlal, S.
11
monitory
36–37
mood
5–6, 34–36, 47, 56, 59
Muḍuga
9–10, 12
Muḷḷu Kur.
2, 10, 12, 70–71, 76
in texts
348–350, 516–517, 522–525
Munda
56
Nadanasabapathy, S.
8, 12
Naiki (Chanda)
4
Naikṛi
4
negation
5–6, 34–35, 37–43, 45, 47–49, 56
Nilgiri and Wayanad
physical
1–2, 65–67
indigenous groups
1–2, 10–12, 67–75, 319–321
in texts
341, 347–350, 360–364, 468–473, 506–511, 515–529, 593–603, 606–612
languages
3–13, 10, 66, 70
see also Beṭṭa Kur. community
Noble, W.A.
74, 349, 520
nominalisation
20, 23–25, 42–43, 47–50, 315, 320
nominative
19–23, 51
myth
85, 311, 314–315, 317–320, 338–355, 455–558
nonfinite verb
5, 34–35, 47, 51–55
in finite clauses
58–59
noun structure
18
number
in nominals
18–25
in verbs
35–41, 44, 53, 56, 86, 140
numeral
43
obligative
36–37
oblique
18–20, 23, 44, 51, 466
Ollari
4
optative
35
orthography
77
Palliyan
343, 488
Pālu Kur.
see Ālu Kur.
Paṇiya
10, 12, 18, 70–72, 75, 347, 361, 506, 593
Paramasivam, K.
32
Parji
4
particle
18, 20, 41–44, 46, 51, 63
pause
57–58, 61–64, 78, 79
Payne, T.E.
39
Pederson, E.
9, 11
Pengo
4
perfect
36–38
perfective
36–37, 40–41, 56, 86
Perialwar, R.
11, 60
permissive
36
person
31, 36
agreement
38–41
clitics
44
pronouns
17, 20–22, 24, 53, 340, 464
Peter, (H.R.H.)
69
phoneme
4–5, 14–17, 29–30, 61, 78–79, 101, 195
phonology
8, 12, 14–17, 48, 50, 61–64, 69, 86
morphophonological alternation
19, 28–31, 33, 636
phonotactic constraint
16, 18–19, 29
Pilot-Raichoor, C.
8–9, 12, 35, 72
pleonastic subject
55
politeness
17, 25, 36, 47
possession
18, 20, 23, 43, 51–52, 57–58
possibility
35, 58, 59
postposition
5, 17, 19–20, 22, 42–42, 52
presentative
57–58
pro-drop
54
progressive
36–37, 38
prominence
20, 44
pronouns
17, 20–24, 43–44, 54, 340, 464
prosodic phrase
63–64
quantifier
20–21, 43–44, 51
quotative
44, 53–55, 78
Rajendran, N.
12
Ramanujan, A.K.
83–85
Rangachari, K.
10
Ravuler
10
reduction
17, 19, 33, 41, 45, 48, 50
referring expression
49–50
reflexive
17, 20–22, 44
relative clause
5, 47
relativised verbs
43, 47, 49–50
relativiser
34, 42, 50, 62
religion
71–73, 317–322
in folktales
106, 219
in translated dialogues
328–331, 338–350, 353, 357, 363–364
in interlinearised dialogues
399–415, 455–529, 551, 594–596, 607–612
Rangachari, K.
10
riddle
60, 84–85, 119–122, 291–307
Rivers, W.H.R.
69–70
Sahadevan, V.
70, 72, 74, 314
Sakthivel, S.
11
Scheduled tribe
see tribe
Schmidt, R.L.
56
Selvaraj, D.
1–2, 13, 65, 77
semantics
35, 45, 48, 511
serial verb
6, 45, 47, 55–56
Sherzer, J.
63–64, 86
Shivashanmugam, C.
13
Sholega
10, 12
Singh, K.S.
10, 343, 488
Sridhar, S.N.
59
stative
28, 34, 36–37, 54
Steever, S.B.
6, 33, 35, 38, 42, 46, 54–55
Subba, B.
56
Subbaiah, G.
11
Subbārāo, K.V.
51, 54–55, 62
subcategorisation
5, 27, 34, 37
subject
5, 24–25, 34–41, 44, 51, 53–55, 57, 140
Subrahmanyam, P.S.
8–9, 32, 41
Sudhar, B.
56
switch reference
53
syllable
16–17, 17, 29–30, 45, 61, 484
syntax
5–6, 12, 44, 50–59, 63–64, 78
Tamil
4–5, 7–10, 12, 68, 75, 77, 87–88
code-mixing
311–312, 322–324, 327, 328, 331–335, 365, 375–376, 391, 393, 416, 423, 436
Beṭṭa Kur. equivalents (grammar)
6, 19, 28, 30, 32–33, 35, 38, 45–46, 55, 59
Beṭṭa Kur. equivalents (words)
34, 60, 71, 86, 319, 323, 339, 371, 462, 484, 526
loanwords
91, 137, 140, 319, 495
Telugu
4, 62
tense
5, 27, 32, 34–38, 41, 43, 49
text representation
59–62, 78–79
text structuring
53, 62–64
theme (verbal base)
25–40, 46–47, 56
Thurston, E.
10
Tibeto-Burman
56
Toda
4–5, 7–10, 35, 68–72, 74–75, 315, 318, 363, 606
topic
44, 51
transitional event
26, 36–37
tribe
11, 68, 71–75, 315, 319
see also Nilgiris and Wayanad
truncation
17, 44, 56
Tsuyoshi, N.
11
Tuḷu
4, 7, 8
typological feature
4–6, 14, 17–19, 51, 78
umlaut
30, 34
Upadhyaya, U.P.
8–9, 12, 14
Ūrāḷi Kur.
2, 10, 70–72, 312, 314
Urdu
48, 56
valency modification
25–28, 32–33, 39–40, 42
Varghese, B.
1–2, 13, 65, 77
verbal art
59–60, 86, 414
see also discourse, folktale, riddle
verbalisation
42
verb class
26–31, 32–34, 37, 40–41
verbless sentence
43, 57
verb structure
25–27
Verma, S.
56
Veṭṭa Kur.
2
vocative
44
vowel harmony
45
Walker, A.R.
67, 69–70, 315, 318
Wayanad
see Nilgiris and Wayanad
Weidert, A.
56
Whitehead, H.
318–319, 484
Wolf, R.K.
11, 69, 70, 74, 315, 318, 321
Woodbury, A.C.
63–64, 86
word
minimal word
17
edge segments
16
structure of noun word
18
structure of verb word
25–27
word order
5, 50
Yerava
10, 12
Zagarell, A.
67
Zvelebil, K.V.
8, 10–12, 66, 84, 315, 511