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Seasonal and agricultural star-markers
unidentified — see ഞേങ്ങോല്
names 5languages 4
In the classical tradition this is अश्वयुक् Aśvayuj, attested in 2 texts.
The names
vernacular 2 · folk 2 · tribal 1
| Name | Language | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| മുഴക്കോല് muḻakkōl | Malayalam Kerala (Malabar, Cochin, Travancore) | 'cubit-rod, measuring rod' (മുഴം a cubit + കോല് rod) — the carpenter's 24-finger measure Second name of the same asterism as ഞേങ്ങോല്; the agricultural use is given at that entry. | folk |
| ഞാററുവേലി ñāṟṟuvēli | Malayalam Kerala (Malabar, Cochin, Travancore) | 'the ñāṟṟu times' (variant ഞാററുവാല) The days within an asterism-period that are fixed on for transplanting rice. | vernacular |
| Phoghwosülesipfemi (the Belt, used as a calendar) | Sema (Sumi) Naga the Sema country, Naga Hills (now Nagaland) | Sowing of paddy is reckoned to begin when Orion stands in the zenith, or when it has reached the position the sun holds at about 2 p.m. — a time of day the Semas name, lubagholo. The other sign is the call of the kasupapo, a cuckoo. Hutton adds that the whole Sema calendar depends on the time of sowing, and that in some eastern villages there is no real calendar at all, only names for the times of year. | tribal |
| ஐப்பசிக்குழப்பம் aippaci-k-kuḻappam | Tamil Tamil Nadu (coast) | the Aippaci turmoil A WEATHER TERM keyed to an asterism-named month — the practical end of the Tamil star-calendar, matching āṟāmīṉ-aṟavōṭṭu among the seamen. | folk |
| Paggu, Besha, Kártél, Áte, Sóna, Nirnala, Bóntel, Járde, Perárde, Puyintél, Máyi, Suggi | Tulu South Canara (Tulu Nadu) | These, and not any star, are what Tulu cultivation runs on: Sturrock states that all the operations of cultivation are regulated by the solar months, which alone are well known to the cultivating classes in Tuluva proper, while written leases follow the lunar reckoning because they are drawn up in Kannada by Brahmins. | vernacular |
Sources
- Gundert, A Malayalam and English Dictionary (1872), s.v. മുഴം muḻam, p. 846 (sub-entry മുഴക്കോല്, sense 2) link
- Gundert, A Malayalam and English Dictionary (1872), s.v. ഞാറു ñāṟu, p. 412 (sub-entries ഞാററുവാല, ഞാററുവേലി) link
- J.H. Hutton, The Sema Nagas (London: Macmillan, 1921), p. 62, 220, 251 link
- Tamil Lexicon (University of Madras, 1924-36), s.v. ஐப்பசிக்குழப்பம், vol. I p. 578, marked (J.) link
- Sturrock, Madras District Manuals: South Canara, vol. I (Madras, 1894), p. 216 link