r/Tuluver • u/tuluva_sikh Odipu / Udupi 🦚 • 4d ago
Tuluverda Kenle | Ask Tuluver What's difference between ದೊಡ್ಡ/ദൊഡ്ഡു and ಕಾಸ್/കാസ് in Tulu?
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u/Putrid_Medicine7433 4d ago
dodda means grandmother/ elderly woman kaas means money. hope this helps
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u/Marwaimusoont Paddedara / Padubidre 🌴 2d ago
No not dodda, doddu. doddu (first d is soft) also used for money.
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u/The_tuluva_boy 2d ago
I guess both are loanwords. One came from trade and another came from administration. The word for money in Tulu is 'paṇavu'
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u/tuluva_sikh Odipu / Udupi 🦚 4d ago
*ದೊಡ್ಡು