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(MRM) Kutarega:ḍu endare na:ḍu ka:ḍu e:ria.
( Kutarega:ḍu means the na:ḍu ka:ḍu area.)
(BG) Rangappana beṭṭa:da keḷaka:della, adu kutarega:ḍu
(At the bottom of Rangappa mountain, that’s kutarega:ḍu .)
(MRM) E:kandare alli cikka cikka maragaḷu irtave.
(Because small trees grow there.)
(AS) Hullu ja:sti irutte, alli?
(Is there a lot of grass there?)
(BG) Na:ḍu ka:ḍina hullu ade—uṇuga:na hulle, a:mele jabbara hullu.
(Just na:ḍu ka:ḍu grass— uṇuga grass, then jabbara grass.)
(AS) I:ga, na:ḍu ka:ḍu matte kutarega:ḍu onde?
(So, are na:ḍu ka:ḍu and kutarega:ḍu the same thing?)
(BG) Na:ḍu ka:ḍu kutarega:ḍe. Na:ḍu ka:ḍu endale beṭṭa:dinda keḷeka.
Beṭṭa:dinda keḷeka kutarega:ḍu. Beṭṭa:dinda me:leka maṭṭaga:ḍinalli,
adu tho:pu ka:ḍu.
( Na:ḍu ka:ḍu is kutarega:ḍu. Na:ḍu ka:ḍu means (forest) below a moun-
tain. Below a mountain, you get kutarega:ḍu. The fl atland forest s on the
mountains, that’s (a part of) tho:pu ka:ḍu .)
(AS) I: kutarega:ḍu matte orrega:ḍu, ye:n antara ide?
(This kutarega:ḍu and orega:ḍu , what’s the difference?)
(BG) Ade, kutarega:ḍu enna:du, orrega:ḍu enna:du.
(They’re the same, it can be called kutarega:ḍu or orrega:ḍu .)
Critically, BG makes a clear distinction in Extract XI between fl atland forest s
( maṭṭaga:ḍu ) that occur at elevation , and those that can be found near the transition
from mountains to plains. The clear differences in altitude, along with accompany-
ing changes in vegetation serve to distinguish the former ( dimbaga:ḍu , see Extracts
XXVI and XXVII below), which is considered part of the male/tho:pu ka:ḍu mac-
rohabitat, from the latter ( orrega:ḍu/kutarega:ḍu ), which are thought to be equiva-
lent to na:ḍu ka:ḍu.
The descriptions of the landscape/forest terms discussed so far show that these
forest/landscape terms can either be primarily described on the basis of species
composition, or on the basis of topographic properties. In addition, speakers talk
about some forest/landscape words in terms of human interactions, as exemplifi ed
by oṭṭuga:ḍu , eḷa:vuga:ḍu and begga:ḍu.
5.3.5 Oṭṭuga:ḍu/eḷa:vuga:ḍu
Simply put, oṭṭu ga:ḍu and eḷa:vu ga:ḍu describe stages in the regenera-
tion of farmland, when it is abandoned after 2–3 years of cultivation.
Such ‘fallow land’ may still have some utility, as illustrated by the
following:5 Landscape Terms in Solega