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Kolam|ˈkəʊlɑːm|
Also Kolamb.
[Origin unknown.]
In India, a group of people (whose name for themselves is Kōlavar) speaking a Dravidian language similar to that of the Parji of Bastar.
a1863S. Hislop Papers Aboriginal Tribes Cent. Provinces (1866) i. 10 The Kolâms and the common Gonds do not intermarry... Their dress is similar; but the Kolâm women wear fewer ornaments. 1885E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 3) II. 593 Kolam or Kolamb, a Gond tribe, along the Kandi Konda or Pindi Hills, on the south of the Wardha, and along the table-land stretching east and north of Manikgarh, and thence south to Dantanpilly, running parallel to the right bank of the Pranhita... The Kolam race are found also in the Amraoti, Wun, and Maiker districts as a wild race. 1916Russell & Lal Tribes & Castes Cent. Provinces India III. 521 Mr. Hīra Lāl suggests that the Kolāms may be connected with the Kolas,..who regard the Kolamallai hills as their original home. He further notes that the name of the era by which the calendar is reckoned on the Malabar coast is Kolamba.
Hence ˈKolami, the language spoken by these people.
a1863R. Temple in S. Hislop Papers Aboriginal Tribes Cent. Provinces (1866) ii. p. i, The English words having been..classified, the design was to ascertain and record..the equivalents in..Gondi, Gayeti,..Kolami. 1916Russell & Lal Tribes & Castes Cent. Provinces India III. 520 The Kolāms..have a language of their own, called after them Kolāmi. 1968Encycl. Brit. VII. 655/1 Five of the Central Dravidian languages..form a closely related group—Kolami, Naiki, Parji, Ollari and Poya Gadaba. |