Vaṭali-yaṭaippu, Teṉṉam-piḷḷai-yaṭaippu, Pūtaṉ-aṭaippu, Paḷḷaṉ-aṭaippu, Nuṇacai-yaṭaippu, K

[TamilNet, Monday, 30 October 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The enclosure of young palmyra palms

The enclosure of young coconut palms

The enclosure of land owned by a person named Pūtaṉ; or the land left in the custody of a person named Pūtaṉ

The enclosure of land owned by a man of Paḷḷar community; or the land left in the custody of a man of Paḷḷar community

The land attached to the place called Nuṇacai

The land leased out to service families attached to a feudal lord or temple; or (The place/ living quarters) of the service families attached to a feudal lord or temple
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Taṉip-paṉai, Paṉai-muṉai, Paṉai-niṉṟāṉ

[TamilNet, Saturday, 28 October 2017, 18:30 GMT]
(The locality of) the single or lonely palmyra palm

The point or promontory found with palmyra palms/ Point Palmyra

The place where palmyra palms stand
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Nāvaṟ-kāṭu, Paṉaṅ-kāṭu, Kilukiluppaip-kāṭu, Neruñcik-kāṭu, Kurakkaṉ-kāṭu, Tōṭ&am

[TamilNet, Saturday, 14 October 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The jungle of Nāval trees

The palmyra-palm grove

The thicket of rattlewort shrubs

The (locality found with) dense growth of cow's-thorn thistle

The finger-millet cultivation field

The pastureland of cattle herders

The garden or plantation

The Dutch-ruins jungle

The sandy desert

The burial ground

The banyan-tree locality by the cremation ground

The wild-mango-tree locality
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Kūttaṉ-cīmā, Isaṉ-kaṉi-cīmai, Maḍul-sima, Kōraḷa-ima

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 10 October 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The landholdings of a male dancer or settlement of the community of dancers

The landholdings of Isan Kani

The provincial limits or precincts

The divisional limits or precincts
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Alvāy

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 12 September 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The seafront
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Muḷḷiya-vaḷai, Kaḻutā-vaḷai/ Kaḷutā-vaḷai, Kumpaḻā-vaḷai, Āḻiya-vaḷai, Kōṇā-

[TamilNet, Saturday, 09 September 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The circuit or surroundings found with Muḷḷi plants

The circuit or surroundings found with Kaḻutai-muḷḷi plants

The circuit or surroundings found with Kampaḻā shrubs; or the Potters' circuit

The seaside circuit or surroundings

The remote circuit or the corner circuit

The secluded or detached circuit
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Valaip-pāṭu, Āḻvāṉ-pāṭu, Kuḍā-pāḍuva, Cem-pāṭu

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The beach for dragnet fishing; or the area of sea to lay and draw dragnet from the beach

The area of sea deeper than usual to lay and draw dragnet from the beach

The beach or area of sea where dragnet fishing is of small-scale; or the smaller beach for dragnet fishing

The red-soil area
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Taṭṭaiya-malai, Oṭṭara-kuḷam, Pālāvōṭai, Āṇṭiyā-puḷiyaṅkuḷam, Koṇṭalup-pila

[TamilNet, Sunday, 27 August 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The flat hillock or mound (use of A as adjectival suffix or empty morpheme)

The tank of Oṭtar (use of A as genitive case suffix)

The milky-water pond (use of Ā as adjectival suffix or empty morpheme)

The Puḷiyaṅkulam village of the mendicant community (use of Ā as genitive case suffix)

The field found with Koṇḍal trees (use of U as empty morpheme)

The field found with Marutu trees (use of Ām as empty morpheme)
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Kōyilāk-kaṇṭi, Kaṇakkaṉār-kaṇṭi, Poli-kaṇṭi, Kaṇṭiyāṉ-kuḷam, Aḍik-kaṇ&

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 23 August 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The temple part

The settlement part or quarters of the accountant/ teacher

The paddy (field) part or the paddy field

The tank of the paddy field

The bottom part or the lowest part

The small part, embankment or paddy field

The paddy field at the hill bottom or the paddy field of the hill neighbourhood
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Aiyaṉār-kōyilaṭi, Nātaṉār-kōyil, Antōṉiyār-kōyil-veḷi

[TamilNet, Monday, 14 August 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The Aiyaṉār-temple neighbourhood

The temple of Nātaṉār (Buddha)

The open place or expanse of the St Antony's church
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Nelliyāy, Tūṇṭāy

[TamilNet, Thursday, 10 August 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The expanse or field of Nelli trees

The expanse or field of the detached piece of land
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Tiriyāy, Tiruk-kōyil/ Tiruk-kōvil, Tirumēṉiyūr, Kiri-bamuṇē-gama, Siri-saman-pura, Śrī Jayavardhana-pura Kōṭṭē

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 August 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The sacred expanse or the expanse of the sacred place

The sacred temple

The sacred person's or the prelate's village

The auspicious Brahmin village

The town of the sacred deity, Saman; or the auspicious town of the deity, Saman

The fort of the prosperous, victory-increasing city
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Oṭṭaṉ-kuḷam, Oṭṭaṉ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam, Oṭṭuk-kuḷam, Oṭṭaṟutta-kuḷam, Oṭ&

[TamilNet, Monday, 31 July 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The tank built by Oṭṭar

The tank of the dam built by Oṭṭar

The tank built through contract (given to Oṭṭar); or the tank having an uncut mass in the middle

The tank excavated through contract (given to Oṭṭar); or the tank where an uncut mass was removed; or the tank that was caused by mining a mass

The tank built through contract (given to Oṭṭar); or the tank having an uncut mass in the middle
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Tirāyk-kēṇi, Paṉiccaṅ-kēṇi, Veṟṟilaik-kēṇi, Cuṅkaṉ-kēṇi, Tumpaṅ-kēṇi, Ta&

[TamilNet, Sunday, 23 July 2017, 00:01 GMT]
The excavated pond in the locality of Tirāy herbs

The excavated pond by the side of a Paṉiccai tree or trees

The excavated pond found with a betel garden

The excavated pond found with Cuṅkaṉ fish

The excavated pond found with Tumpaṉ fish, or found by the side of Tumpai plants/ trees

The excavated pond meant as charity for the public

The pond excavated in sand
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Taṇṇiyūṟṟu/ Taṇṇīrūṟṟu, Vammiyaṭiyūṟṟu, Koṟukkāppuḷiyūṟ&

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 19 July 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The water-spring

The spring of water by the side of a Vammi tree

The spring of water by the side of a Koṟukkāppuḷi tree

The pond of spring-water or the pond getting water from a canal

The pond at the mouth of the sluice canal (of the larger reservoir)

The canal plain or the plain having a spring of water
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Pūlāk-kāṭu, Pūlaṅ-kāṭu, Pulun-gas-mulla, Ilavaṅ-kuḷam, Ilakaṭi, Iṁbul-golla, Hiṁbiliya-golla

[TamilNet, Friday, 14 July 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The jungle of red silk-cotton trees

The jungle of red silk-cotton trees

The multitude of red silk-cotton trees; or the corner having a red silk-cotton tree; or the locality of a red silk-cotton tree

The tank in the locality of a red silk-cotton tree or trees

The red silk-cotton tree locality

The grove or jungle of red silk-cotton trees

The grove or jungle of red silk-cotton trees
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Pū-nakari, Kuru-nakar, Pūjā-nagaraya, Devi-nuvara, Poḷon-naruva, Gan-noruva

[TamilNet, Monday, 10 July 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The prosperous town

The town of the Kuru-kulam community

The sacred town or the town to perform worship

The deity's town or city

The city of Sage Pulasti

The town or village by the river
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Aḷa-veṭṭi, Kirā-veṭṭi, Kara-veṭṭi, Kaḷa-veṭṭit-tiṭal, Viḷā-veṭṭu, Maram-veṭ

[TamilNet, Saturday, 01 July 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The muddy wasteland/ open plain; or the wasteland/ open plain of the canal

The hard-ground wasteland or open plain

The lagoon-side wasteland or open plain

The threshing-floor high ground (the waste high-ground plain attached to the paddy field tract)

The wasteland having wood apple trees

The forest to cut trees

The dugout canal
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Paḻai, Vaṟṟāp-paḻai, Varattup-paḻai, Allip-paḻai, Tellip-paḻai

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 June 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The pond or tank

The waterhole or spring-pond that doesn't go dry

The lily pond

The pond that gets water from a canal/ flood-outlet/ flood-plain catchment

The pond of the relay stage of palanquin-bearers; or the pond of the flood-management ridge; or the pond of the small paddy field
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Tāra-kuḍi-villuva, Tārakaṉ-kōṭṭai

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 27 June 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The pond of the chief or clan of ferrymen/ boatmen/ navigators

The fortified place or residence of the navigator/ navigator-chief
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