Fw: 'Dravidian' echo-phrase pali-giri

[John Peterson]

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> I'd be very grateful it if you could forward this query to the Vyakaran
list.
> Many thanks,
> Mark Southern <m.southern at mail.utexas.edu>.
>
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> Dear members of Vyakaran,
>
> If anyone can help with the following Dravidian lexical question, I'd
> appreciate it.
>
> In researching Dravidian evidence for echo-pair formation in the
> context of language contact, I came across a citation of a
> 'Dravidian' echo-phrase pali-giri, as an example of cross-Dravidian
> echo-pair formation in gi- (no specific language attribution given).
>
> Does pali-giri (in some Dravidian language) ring any bells with
> anyone on the list?
> Better still, could you supply (1) a meaning, (2) a language?
>
> My best (untutored) guess is that it may mean 'hodgepodge, medley',
> built to Tamil/KannaDa pala 'diverse,several', but this may be wildly
> off-target.
>
> Any light you could shed would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> With best wishes,
> Mark Southern
>
> --
> Mark Southern
> Dept. of Germanic Studies
> EPS 3.102
> University of Texas
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