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Table 3.2 Solega toponyms referring to plants
Solega toponym English gloss
kallu ki:re haḷḷa edible.green + stream
soreka:yi beṭṭa cucurbit + mountain
nelli kadiru Indian.gooseberry + grove
icci beṭṭa fi g + mountain
kaṭṭuguḷi gadde Ardisia + marsh
meṇasu kaḍavu pepper + stream
kumbaḷaka:yi beṭṭa pumpkin + mountain
jo:ḷada bare beṭṭa corn + boulder + mountain
ba:ḷe arre banana + rock.platform
ja:ji arre wild jasmine + rock.platform
gi:jigana tunḍa Caesalpinia mimosoides + stump
se:bina ko:be Colocasia + valley
se:bina kere Colocasia + reservoir
gaṇigilu arre Plumeria + rock.platform
battada gadde paddy + marsh
kukkatti ku:ḍu large.vine + crossroads
kaḍle bare peanut + boulder
ji:rige gadde wild.cumin + marsh
guḷḷada bailu plant.name + clearing
ma:guḷi beṭṭa plant.name + mountain
hanile arre Terminalia chebula + rock platform
honne-mara bo:re Pterocarpus marsupium + slope
honne arre P. marsupium + rock.platform
honne bare P. marsupium + cliff
honne gunḍi P. marsupium + water.hole
kanchuva:ḷa dimba Bauhinia purpurea + plateau
kithuḷi kaḍavu orange.tree + stream
si:rimbi aḷḷa thorny.lime + stream
ne:ri-gere Syzygium cumini + reservoir
ne:ri ka:nu S. cumini + evergreen.forest
ne:ri haṭṭi S. cumini + shed
te:gina kaṭṭe teak + embankment
muttagada gadde Butea monosperma + marsh
si:ge va:ḍi beṭṭa Acacia sinuata + tangle + mountain
si:ge guḷi A. sinuata + pit
si:ge beṭṭa A. sinuata + mountain
daḍasu mene habbi Grewia tilifolia + house + waterfall
tenginamarada ko:bu coconut.palm + slope
muttagada beṭṭa Butea monosperma + mountain
atti haṭṭi Ficus racemosa + shed
ko:li kaḍavu Wendlandia thyrsoidea + stream
benḍe gunḍi Kydia calycina + water.hole
(continued)3 Plants in Solega Language and Culture