grandfather
—
<priest>
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | pōtti | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | Brahman temple-priest in Malabar (coll.) | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 2962 | |
| comment | The meaning can be explaind as "respected", and can be attributed both to "father" and to "priest". The word is a variant of pōṟṟi ''praise, applause, commendation', 'grandfather' cf. [Winslow 1862: 830] | |