Pālāvi, kāḷāvik-kāṭu, Nīrāviyaṭi

[TamilNet, Friday, 16 December 2016, 22:35 GMT]
The milky-water pond or tank

The jungle of the dark-water pond or tank

The locality of the pond or tank of water
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Gal-oya, Kaḷu-gal-oya, Badulu-oya, Kiṁbul-vānā-oya

[TamilNet, Sunday, 11 December 2016, 23:25 GMT]
The rocky stream

The stream of the granite rocks

The stream running through Badulu trees

The tawny-coloured stream; or the stream of the Kiṁbul-plant forest
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Amicci-kuḷam, Āṇṭāṉ-kuḷam

[TamilNet, Thursday, 01 December 2016, 21:15 GMT]
The tank built or maintained by obligatory labour

The tank of the lord or ruler
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Āyili, Āyil-niṉṟa-ellai

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 23:25 GMT]
The (locality of an) Āyil tree

The limits or locality where an Āyil tree stands
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Vil-paṟṟu/ Vil-pattu

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 18:36 GMT]
The administrative division or sub-division of ponds and marshes
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Olu-vil, Olli-maṭuval, Alli-ōṭai, Tāmarai-villu, Taṁbara-vila

[TamilNet, Sunday, 13 November 2016, 15:24 GMT]
The natural pond of water lilies

The deep pond of water lilies

The pond of water lilies

The natural pond of lotuses

The natural pond of red lotuses
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Aṉṉaṅ-kai, Vattāk-kai

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 November 2016, 21:55 GMT]
The pond of the white migrant birds

The pond that doesn't become dry
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Uyarap-pulam, Koḻuntup-pulavu, Kēppā-pilavu, Koṟ-pulō

[TamilNet, Friday, 16 September 2016, 19:54 GMT]
The high field

The betel-leaf cultivation field

The finger-millet cultivation field

The blacksmith's field
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Horaṇa, Horan-galla, Haraň-gala, Araň-gala, Paṁbu-raṇa

[TamilNet, Friday, 09 September 2016, 07:01 GMT]
The forest

The forest hill

The forest of Paṁba weed
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Koṭṭaik-kāṭu, Eḷḷuk-kāṭu, Veṭṭuk-kāṭu, Paṇṭāri-veṭṭu

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 07 September 2016, 07:00 GMT]
The end part of the irrigated paddy field tract

The field for sesame cultivation

The cultivation field prepared by cutting forest

The field cleared and owned by a member of the Paṇṭāri community
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Muk-kompaṉ, Kompu-vaitta-kuḷam

[TamilNet, Saturday, 23 July 2016, 23:03 GMT]
The tri-winged dam or the dam at the tri-junction

The tank for which a branching dam was laid
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Perukku-vaṭṭaṉ, Nika-vaṭavana, Muḷḷi-vaṭṭavāṉ, Mā-vaṭṭuvāṉ, Makiḻa-veṭṭuv

[TamilNet, Saturday, 16 July 2016, 22:54 GMT]
The circuit of Perukku trees

The circuit of Nika shrubs

The circuit of Muḷḷi plants

The big circuit

The circuit of Makiḻ trees
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Aya-gama, Āyath-thu'rai

[TamilNet, Monday, 27 June 2016, 22:18 GMT]
The village obliged to give stipulated revenue to an endowment

The port having customs or the revenue-producing port
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Uppa'lam, Lu'nu-ka'lapuwa

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 01 March 2016, 21:12 GMT]
The saltpans or the saltern

The salt producing lagoon
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Kaṟuvāk-kāṭu/ Kuruńdu-vatta/ Cinnamon Gardens

[TamilNet, Saturday, 13 February 2016, 23:16 GMT]
The cinnamon forest

The cinnamon gardens or grove
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Tamil civil groups, political parties, come a step forward if the line is their own

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 19:13 GMT]
Thoroughly deceived by the Washington-Colombo genocide partners even in minimum expectations of justice, Eezham Tamil civil groups and a significant section of political parties on Tuesday came hard on the resolution tabled at Geneva. Urging reconsideration of the current draft, the statement coming from 40 civil groups and 4 political parties pointed out that the mechanism largely managed and controlled by the Sri Lankan State loses credibility with the victims, and ‘deeply regretted’ the removal of references to demilitarisation of North-East. With impending further deceptions, whether the response would lead to substantial alternative initiatives and appropriate non-cooperation movement is the question, commented Tamil activists for alternative politics.
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Families of enforced disappeared Tamils decry domestic investigations

[TamilNet, Sunday, 30 August 2015, 15:38 GMT]
Around 1,200 people from all the 8 districts of North-East came together at an emotional gathering on Sunday at the De La Salle Brothers School in Mannaar, remembering the enforced disappeared persons in the country of Eezham Tamils. On the occasion of the International Day of the Disappeared, the families of enforced disappeared demanded independent international investigations and categorically rejected the domestic and so-called hybrid mechanisms that are currently being advocated by the USA. In the meantime, leading lawyers from Mannaar told TamilNet on Sunday that international investigations were necessary on the mass graves at the killing fields of Mannaar. On Friday, an abandoned well allegedly used by the SL military to dump slain Tamils was located 40 meters close to Maanthai Junction near Thirukkeatheesvaram temple.
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Tamil civil society seeks clarification from Zeid on reasons cited for OISL deferral

[TamilNet, Friday, 20 February 2015, 13:07 GMT]
The High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein needs to clarify as to how he envisages OISL receiving new information, given the fact that the Sri Lankan Government does not promise cooperation with the OISL inquiry. The possibility of the OISL inquiry receiving important new information will only be credible if the OISL team is given access to Sri Lanka and given full freedom and access to engage in evidence gathering. But, SL Foreign Minister’s letter to the High Commissioner dated 13 February 2015 does not promise engagement with OISL specifically, Tamil Civil Society Forum (TCSF) said in a statement issued on Friday. “Why should the SL Government's willingness to act on present day human rights issues be a bar to releasing a report on accountability for the past,” the TSCF has further asked in the statement.
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Poo-malarnthaan, Poop-pooththaan-ku'lam

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 27 January 2015, 03:01 GMT]
The flower-blossomed (pond or tank)

The flower-blossomed tank
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New SL regime fails to give policy-based assurance on de-militarisation: TNA circles

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 14 January 2015, 10:33 GMT]
Informed sources close to the hierarchy of the Tamil National Allaince (TNA) told TamilNet Wednesday that the newly elected Executive President of Sri Lanka, Maithiripala Sirisena, has failed to give a positive response to the request placed by the TNA to look at the issue of the de-militarisation of North and East as matter of a principled decision, marking a policy change. Mr Sirisena has reportedly told the TNA that the Sri Lankan military being stationed in strategic locations was largely based on the ‘national security’ concern and has justified the militarisation of public lands. Mr Maithiripala Siriesena, like his predecessors, is projecting the major issue as ‘isolated incidents of disputes’, which need to be addressed by the two separate committees, the disappointed TNA circles told TamilNet.
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