Know the Etymology: 18
Place Name of the Day: Friday, 07 April 2017
Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam, Pallavarāyaṉ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam, Cēttuk-kuḷam, Āmpal-kuḷam
கட்டுக்குளம், பல்லவராயன்கட்டுக்குளம், சேத்துக்குளம், ஆம்பல்குளம்
Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam, Pallavarāyaṉ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam, Cēttuk-kuḷam, Āmpal-kuḷamKaṭṭu+kuḷam
Pallava+rāyaṉ+kaṭṭu+kuḷam
Cēttu+kuḷam/ Cēṟu+kuḷam
Āmpal+kuḷam
The dammed tank or reservoir
The tank, the dam of which was built by Pallavarāyaṉ
The muddy pond or tank
The pond or tank of a kind of waterlily
Kuḷam | tank, lake, reservoir (Tamil, Caṅkam and modern, DED 1828); also a general term for a pond (Tamil, Kuṟuntokai, 325: 4-5); tank (Malayalam DED1828); Kuḷaṉ: variation of Kuḷam (Tamil, Tolkāppiyam, 22: 5); Kuḷi: (verb) to bathe, dive, plunge into water (Tamil, Puṟanāṉūṟu, 2: 10, DED 1832); Kuḷa: tank, pond (Tulu, DED 1828); Koḷa, Koḷahe, Koṇa: pond (Kannada, DED 1828); Kolanu, Kolāku, Kolākuvu: tank, (Telugu, DED1828); Kol: tank (Gondi, DED 1818); Kulama: tank (Sinhala, usually in Sinhalicised place names); Kulya: small river, canal, ditch (Sanskrit, Rig Vedic, possible Dravidian etymology cited, CDIAL 3352); Kūla: pond, tank (Sanskrit, possible Dravidian etymology cited, CDIAL 3352); note the root Ku related to pit and pond in other Dravidian words; Kuṭai: (verb) to scoop, hollow out (Tamil, DED 1660); Kuṭṭam, Kuṭṭai: depth, pond (Tamil, DED 1669); Kuṇṭu: depth, hollow, pond (Tamil, DED 1669); Koḷḷa: a deep place (Kannada, DED 2157); Kolamē: a very deep pit (Tulu, DED 2157); Kuḻi: (verb) to be hollowed out, sink hollow (Tamil, cognates in 17 Dravidian languages, DED 1818); Kuḻi: pit, hole, hollow, cavity, depression, excavation, pond, well (Tamil, DED 1818); Kuḷī: tank, the locality of a tank; "Vẹva, Vẹvaṭa āsanna pradeśaya" (Sinhala, Sorata, inscriptions, Epigraphia Zeylanica, I, 203); Kulī: = Kuḷama (Sinhala, Sorata); tank or the neighbourhood of a tank; "Vẹva, hō vẹvaṭa asala pedesa" (Sinhala, Sorata, inscriptions, Epigraphia Zeylanica, IV, 188); Kuḷi: freshwater lake (Dhivehi/ Maldivian, DBF, such lakes are usually found in the shallow center of large islets. Sometimes they are marshes or swamps); Kiḷi: = Kuḷi (Addu and Fuvah Mulakku dialect of Dhivehi/ Maldivian, DBF); Kuḷu: = Kuḷi (Maldivian island-names, EDMIN). See column 65 for Kulama in Sinhala |
Kaṭṭu | (noun) dam; (verb) to build, tie, fasten, (Tamil, DED 1147); (noun) dam of a tank, "Vẹv-niyara" (Sinhala, Sorata). Meaning of a dam, Kaṭṭu alone often stands for a tank and for the place where the tank is located. See other columns on the different meanings and usages of Kaṭṭu in place names |
Pallavarāyaṉ | also Pallavaraiyaṉ: title of a high official or commander, as seen in Tamil inscriptions between late 8th century CE and 13th century CE (Tamil, inscriptions; examples: Pañcavaṉ Pallavaraiyaṉ, 780 CE, SII, xiv, 17; Aṇṇaṉ Pallavarāyaṉ, 1175 CE, EI, xxii, 14); a high official or commander, either coming from the Pallava country or connected to the Pallave country; many having the title were in the service of the Cholas; Araiyaṉ: also Aracaṉ, Araicaṉ: king, soverign, prince (Tamil, DED 201, cognates in 8 Dravidian languages; DED cites Dravidian Prakrit; Rājan: chieftain, king (Sanskrit, CDIAL 10679) |
Cēttu | colloquial form of Cēṟṟu: adjective of Cēṟu: mud, mire, slush, liquid of thick consistency (Tamil, DED 2020, Kuṟuntokai, 261: 3; Naṟṟiṇai, 8: 7; Puṟanāṉūṟu, 249: 1) |
Āmpal | water lily, Nymphaea lotus (Tamil, DED 362); a kind of water lily (Tamil, Caṅkam diction, Kuṟuntokai, 46: 1-2); a water lily which opens after sunset, equated to Kumutam (Tamil, Piṅkalam, 9: 375; 4: 244); a water lily which opens after sunset (Malayalam, DED 362); Ābal: red waterlily (Kannada, DED 362); Āmbalu: a waterlily which opens after sunset (Tulu, DED 362); Am, Ām: water (Tamil, DED 187, onomatopoeic) |
Kuḷam is a common word in Tamil, meaning a pond, tank or reservoir.
The term has cognates in many Dravidian languages and is listed as Dravidian (DED 1828).
The root Ku is related to concavity in Dravidian. See box on Kuḷam for related verbs and nouns in Tamil.
Kuḷam is the most popular word noticed in Eezham Tamil place names. The distribution is seen throughout the Tamil region.
Kuḷam comes in the form Kulama in the place names of North Central and North Western Provinces. A perusal of them would show traces of recent Sinhalicisation. However, Kuḷam was not new to Sinhala. A related Dravidian cognate, Kuḷī/ Kulī, in the meaning of tank, was present in old Sinhala as testified by inscriptions (Sorata).
See column 65 for Kulama-related place names.
* * *Kuḷam meaning a pond:கருங்கால் வெண் குருகு மேயும் பெருங் குளம் (குறுந்தொகை, 325: 4-5)
"Karuṅkāl veṇ kuruku mēyum peruṅ kuḷam" (Kuṟuntokai, 325: 4-5)
The big pond in which the dark-legged white bird preys on
Kuḷam meaning an irrigation tank or reservoir:"குளக் கீழ் விளைந்த …வெண்ணெல்" (புறநானூறு, 33: 5)
"Kuḷak kīḻ viḷainta… veṇṇel" (Puṟanāṉūṟu, 33: 5)
The white-rice paddy, grown (in the fields coming) under (the irrigation of) the tank
* * *A dam is one of the meanings for the word Kaṭṭu in Tamil and Sinhala. The word in this meaning corresponds to the Tamil/ Dravidian verb Kaṭṭu, meaning to build, tie, fasten etc. (DED 1147). From meaning a dam, the word Kaṭṭu alone stands for a tank in many place names. See other columns on the different meanings and usages of the word Kaṭṭu in place names
* * *A major tank/ place called
Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam is in Kuchchaveli division of Trincomalee district. In the past, an entire division, named after this reservoir, was called Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam-paṟṟu (Padaviya One Inch Sheet). Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam is also found in Kandavalai division of Kilinochchi district, Thunukkay division of Mullaiththeevu district, Karaithuraippattu division of Mullaiththeevu district and in Poratheevuppattu division of Batticaloa district. See related place names for other examples in which Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam comes as a part of the name.
Pallavarāyaṉ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam is located near Urutirapuram in Poonakari division of Kilinochchi district (Poonakari One Inch Sheet). Around 15 kms southwest of it, there is another place called Pallavarāyaṉ-kaṭṭu, in Tunukkai division of Mullaiththeevu district, where a larger tank could be found. Kaṭtu, meaning a dam, also stands for a dammed tank.
Cēttuk-kuḷam is in Manthai West division of Mannar district
Āmpal-kuḷam is the name of a small tank as well as a place in Karaichchi division of Kilinochchi district. More Āmpal-kuḷams are noted in Mullaiththeevu One Inch Sheet and in Vavuniya One Inch Sheet
* * *Some related place names:
Kuḷam coming in official list of villages: Jaffna: Cuṇṭik-kuḷam: Vadamaratchi East, Jaffna
Neṭuṅ-kuḷam: Jaffna, Jaffna
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷattaṭi: Kayts, Jaffna
* * *Mannar district:Ñāṉi-ālaṅ-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Iluppaik-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Kaṅkāṇi-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Kuñcuk-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Nēca-rācaṉ-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar. A name given recently
Noccik-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Pāppāṅ-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Periya-kaṇakkaṉ-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Ciṉṉa-kaṇakkaṉ-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Ciṟu-nāval-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Tttāvaṭi-marutaṅ-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Tuppāci-āḷaṅ-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Uppuk-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Periya-nāval-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar
Uyilaṅ-kuḷam: Mannar, Mannar
Uyirta-rācaṉ-kuḷam: Mannar Town, Mannar. A name given recently for a tank called Ūṟṟu-vāyaṉ-kuḷam or Ūttu-vāyaṉ-kuḷam
Akattik-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Ālaṅ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Ilavaṅ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Icaṅkaṉ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Kaḷḷik-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Kaṇṇā-putuk-kuḷam: Manthai west, Mannar
Karampaik-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Kaṟukkāyk-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Kōṭṭaik-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Kumaṇayaṉ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Kuṟiñcāk-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Kuruntaṉ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Mainip-pul-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Mārik-kuḷam: Manthai west, Mannar. Māri: rainy season
Mariyā-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar. Mariyā: Mary
Marutōṇṭuvān-Veḷḷāṅ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Veḷḷāṅ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar. Veḷḷāṉ: a member of the cultivating caste or community; Veḷḷāmai, Veḷḷāṇmai: cultivation; from the root Viḷai: to cultivate, produce, grow etc., (Tamil, DED 5437); or from Vēḷ: a great man, chief (Tamil, DED 5545)
Kōyil-kuḷam: Manthai West, Manthai; Nanaddan, Mannar
Karuṅ-kaṇṭal Vaṇṇā-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar. Vaṇṇāṉ: launderer (Tamil, DED 5241)
Āṇṭāṉ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar. Āṇṭāṉ: see column 120
Kāttāṉ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar. Kāttāṉ: protector, the folk deity Kāttavarāyan; Kā: (verb) to protect (Tamil, DED 1416)
Pālaiyaṭi-putuk-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar. Pālaiyaṭi: the village name
Naḷavaṉ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Oluk-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Pūk-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Putuk-kuḷam: Manthai West, Manna
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Cētu-vināyakar-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Cēttuk-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Cavēri-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar. Cavēri: Xavier
Cōḻa-maṇṭalak-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Paṟaiya-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Cultāṉ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar. Cultān: Sultan, often comes as a personal name
Tāmaraik-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Timila-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Vaṇṇā-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar
Vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar; Madu, Mannar
Viḷāttik-kuḷam: Manthai West, Mannar; Madu, Mannar
Alai-kal-pōṭṭa-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Ampaṭṭa-iluppaik-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Cekkaṭik-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Cēmanāttiyaṉ-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Iraṇai-iluppaik-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Kākkaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Kaḷḷik-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Kaṅkāṇi-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Karampaik-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Karaiyāṉ-kaṭṭiṉa-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Kollaṉ-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Kuṇṭu-maṇik-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Muḷḷik-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Neṭuṅ-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Paṉaiyaṭik-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Paṇṭāra-iluppaik-kuḷam: Madu, Manar
Paṇikkar-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Paṟaṅki-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Periya-kuñcuk-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Pēyaṉ-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Pūcāriyār-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Pulaviṟ-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Ramanāta-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Ciṉṉa-aracaṅ-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Ciṉṉa-kuñcuk-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Ciṉṉak-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Ciṟu-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Talaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Tampaṉaik-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Uvaci-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar. Uvaci: Upatēci: preacher
Villiyaṉ-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Vināyakar-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Āṭiya-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Aṉṉammā-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Viḷāttik-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Kākkaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Iṟaṇai-iluppaik-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar
Naṟuvilik-kuḷam: Madu, Mannar. Naṟuvili: sebestan plum, Cordia myxa (Tamil, DED 3627); Naṟuḷi: another form of the name Naṟuvili (Tamil, DED 3627); Naṟuvari: Cordia myxa (Malayalam, DED 3627); Nakkera: Cordia myxa (Telugu, DED 3627); Viracu, Viricu, Virucu: large sebestan; Viriyaṉ: common sebestan (Tamil, DED 5408); Virigi: Cordia sebestena (Telugu, DED 5408); Kūḻa: the name commonly found used for Naṟuvili in Eezham Tamil, perhaps from the pulpy nature of its fruits. Kūḻ: thick gruel, porridge, semi-liquid food, food (Tamil, DED 1911)
Vañciyaṉ-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar. Vañciyaṉ: probably Valañciyaṉ
Iraṭṭaik-kuḷam: Nanaddan. Mannar
Accaṉ-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar. Accaṉ: father (Tamil, DED 50); father, lord (Malayalam, DED 50); Acci: mother, a woman of the Nayar community (Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, DED 50)
Iṭaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Iṟakkai-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Kompaṉ-cāynta-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Kollar-ciṟu-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Kaḷi-mōṭṭai Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Kaṟ-kiṭanta-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Kōṭṭaik-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Makiḻaṅ-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Mūrkkarāyaṉ-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Mayiliṟakuk-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Naḷavaṉ-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Noccik-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar; Musali, Mannar
Paḷḷaṉ-kōṭṭai-ciṟu-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Paṇikkar-ciṟu-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Pācik-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Periya-vaṇṇā-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Pettāṉ-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Pūppūttāṉ-kuḷam: Nanaddaan, Mannar
Pūvaracaṅ-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Cāmpaṉ-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Ciṉṉa-vaṇṇā-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Tēttāk-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Uṭaiyāvai-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Vāḻkkaippaṭṭāṉ-kaṇṭal Mēt-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Vaṅkālaik-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Vaṇṇā-kuḷam: Nanaddan, Mannar
Akamatu-nainā-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Ālaṅ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Aḷavakkai-ciṟu-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Nūrāni-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Pālaiyaṭi-ciṟu-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Pāḻk-kuḷam: Musali, MannarPeriya-kūmak-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Periya-noccik-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Periya-taṇakkaṉ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Piccai-vāṇipaṉ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Cāypu-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar. Cāypu: Saibu, Saheb
Ciṉṉa-noccik-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Ciṉṉa-taṇakkaṉ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Cōṉaka Neduṅ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Tampaṭṭa-mutali-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Pū-noccik-kuḷam: Musali. Mannar
Vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Kollaṉ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Muḷḷik-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Antōṉi-meliñci-kuḷam: near Arippu, Musali, Mannar. Note another place name Meliñci-muṉai in Kayts
Arippu-veṭṭuk-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar. The Veṭṭuk-kuḷam in Arippu
Caṭaiyappaṉ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Ceṭṭiyappaṉ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Ilai-kaṟik-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Ilantaik-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Ilantai-mōṭṭaik-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Ittik-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Kiṅkiṇiyār-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Kōṭṭaik-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Kōṉār-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Kūḻāṅ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Kūmak-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Kōviṟ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Maṇaṯ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Muḷḷik-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Muttirai-paṟi-ālaṅ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Nācuvaṉ-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar. Nācuvaṉ: = Nāvitan: barber
Vaṭṭak-kōṭṭaik-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Vaṇṇā-kuḷam: Musali, Mannar
Viyāṭik-kuḷam: Viyā-aṭik-kuḷam; Musali, Mannar
* * *Vavuniya district:Āṇṭār-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya North, Vavuniya
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya North, Vavuniya
Maṇṇā-kuḷam: Vavuniya North, Vavuniya
Īrap-periya-kuḷam: Vavuniya North, Vavuniya
Kaṟ-kuḷam: Vavuniya North, Vavuniya
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya North, Vavuniya. Puḷi: acidity, tartness, tamarind (Tamil, DED 4322)
Kaṉakarāyaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya North, Vavuniya.
Maṇṇā-kuḷam: Vavuniya South, Vavuniya
Periya-uḷuk-kuḷam: Vavuniya South, Vavuniya
Pāvaṟ-kuḷam: Vavuniya South, Vavuniya. Pāval, Pākal: balsam pear, Momordica charantia (Tamil, DED 4045)
Īrap-periya-kuḷam: Vavuniya South, Vavuniya. Īṟal: big forest (Batticaloa glossary, Kanthaiya)
Neṭuṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya South, Vavuniya
Mahā-mayilaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya South, Vavuniya
Putu-viḷāṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya South, Vavuniya. Recently Sinhalicised as Pudu-bulan-kulama
Paṉṟikkeyta-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya. Paṇṟikku-eyta-kuḷam
Āṟumukattāṉ-putuk-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Makiḻaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Marutaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Iḷa-marutaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Kaḷḷik-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya. Kaḷḷi: cactus type of plants, spurge, milk hedge, prickly bear, Euphobia, Euphorbia tirucalli, Opuntia dillenii (Tamil, DED 1383)
Putuk-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Mahā-rampaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Neḷuk-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Cāḷampaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Cāstiri-Kūḻāṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Īccaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Pūvaracaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Rācēntiraṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Kūmaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Kōyil-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Veḷik-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Camaḷaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Āci-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Rampaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Vairavap-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Paṇṭārik-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya. Paṇṭāri: a community of Saiva religious mendicants (Tamil); Baṇṭāri: a community of religious mendicants (Āńḍi-kula) found in Vavuniyaa (Sinhala, Sorata, citing Codrington). See column 20
Vēlaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Mayilaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Mahā-rampaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Kūmaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Kāttār-ciṉṉak-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Paṭṭāṇicci Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Puvaracaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya, Vavuniya
Āṇṭiyā-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulam, Vavuniya. Āṇṭi: See column 20
Pirāmaṇālaṅ-kuḷam: Pirāmaṇa-ālaṅ-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulam, Vavuniya
Periya-puḷi-ālaṅ-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulam, Vavuniya
Kurukkaḷ-putuk-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulam, Vavuniya
Pāvaṟ-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulam, Vavuniya
Mutaliyār-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulam, Vavuniya
Ciṉṉa-cippik-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulam, Vavuniya
Nēriya-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulam, Vavuniya. Nēri: dam
Ceṭṭi-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulam, Vavuniya
Kiristō-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulama, Vavuniya
Mukattāṉ-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulam, Vavuniya
Kaṅkaṉ-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulam, Vavuniya. Kaṅku: ridge, dam
Veṅkalac-ceṭṭi-kuḷam: Venkalachcheddikulam, Vavuniya. Veṇ-kalam: bronze, bronze ware, literally meaning the bright ware (Tamil); from Veṇ: white, shining, bright (Tamil, DED 5496); kalam: vessel, utensil, plate (Tamil, DED 1305); Veṇ-kalam: also silver ware: "Ūn tuvai aṭicil veḷḷi veṇ-kalattu ūṭṭa" (Puṟanāṉūṟu: 390: 17-18); bronze, also called Kañcam (Piṅkala Nikaṇṭu, 6: 140); a metal (Tamil inscription, SII, viii, 557)
* * *Mullaiththeevu district:Ālaṅ-kuḷam: Thunukkai, Mullaiththeevu
Ampalap-perumāḷ-kuḷam: Thunukkai, Mullaiththeevu
Anicciyaṉ-kuḷam: Thunukkai, Mullaiththeevu. Anicciyaṉ: Aṇiñcil, Aḻiñcil: a tree
Iyaṅkaṉ-kuḷam: Thunukkai, Mullaiththeevu. Iyaṅku: a thorny shrub
Karampaik-kuḷam: Thunukkai, Mullaiththeevu
Kīḻk-kuḷam: Thunukkai, Mullaiththeevu
Kollaṉ-kuḷam: Thunukkai, Mullaiththeevu
Kottampiyā-kuḷam: Thuniukkai, Mullaiththeevu
Kōṭṭai-kaṭṭiya-kuḷam: Thunukkai, Mullaiththeevu. Probably a tank from where earth was taken to build a fort
Teṉṉiyaṉ-kuḷam: Thunukkai, Mullaiththeevu. Teṉṉiyaṉ: related to the Pandya dynasty. Another tank in the locality is called Cōḻiyaṉ-kuḷam
Kuñcuk-kuḷam: Thunukkai, Mullaiththeevu
Maṇal-kuḷam: Thunukkai, Mullaiththeevu
Navanaṉ-kuḷam: Thunukkai, Mullaiththeevu
Putuk-kuḷam: Tunukkai, Mullaiththeevu
Ammi-vaitta-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Kolla-viḷāṅ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Oṭṭaṟutta-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mulaiththeevu. Oṭṭu-aṟutta-kuḷam
Pūvaracaṅ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Cirāṭṭik-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu. Cirāṭṭi: a ceremonial cloth noted in the annals of Vanni; a white cloth tinged with saffron at each end (Manual of Vanni, p. 104); may be a sign like Bōlāna
Vaṉṉi-viḷāṅ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Āṇṭa-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Āṇṭiyā-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Appāṇṭiyaṉ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Iḷa-marutaṅ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Iṟamaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Kaṇakkaṉā-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Karampaik-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Kaṟ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Kiṭāy-piṭitta-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Kolla-viḷāṅ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Kompu-vaitta-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Kukanayaṉ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Kumarik-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Kumiḻaṭik-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Kumiḻaṅ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Kummā-kuḻam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu. Kummā, Kommā: probably meaning a forest or thicket
Maṇaṟ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Mūppayaṉ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Muṟiya-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Nāvaṟ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Neṭuṅ-kēṇik-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Nīlap-piṭṭiyā-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu; Nīlam: indigo plant
Oṭṭaṉ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Oṭṭaṟutta-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Pāṇṭiyaṉ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Periya-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Piḷḷaiyaṉār-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Pirāmaṇālaṅ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Pūtar-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Pūvaracaṅ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Caṅkanyan-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Cempar-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Ciṉṉāṉ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Cirāṭṭik-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Tekkilāṉ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Tuvaraṅ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Vairavap-periya-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Vaṉṉi-viḷāṅ-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Vavunik-kuḷam: Manthai East, Mullaiththeevu
Yā-maruta-kuḷam: Manthai east, Mullaiththeevu
Kai-vēlik-kuḷam: Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaiththeevu
Kal-vāṉ-kuḷam: Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaiththeevu
Kumarēcaṉ-kuḷam: Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaiththeevu
Kuñcuk-kuḷam: Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaiththeevu
Maṇal-kuḷam: Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaiththeevu
Naṭaṉamiṭṭāṉ-kuḷam: Puthukkuḍiyiruppu, Mullaiththeevu. May be like Kaṭṭāṭi, Pēyaṭi, Kuttāṭi etc.
Oṭṭaṉ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaiththeevu
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaiththeevu
Caṭavakkaṉ-kuḷam: Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaiththeevu
Ālaṭik-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Alai-kalup-pōṭṭa-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Alla-veṭṭuvāṉ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Ampalavan-paṟṟuk-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Amutaṉ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Iyaṅkaṉ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Kaṅkāṇiyā-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Karampaik-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Kātaliyār-camaḷaṅ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu. Kātaliyār: legends associate the place with a woman
Māṅ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Muttaiyaṉ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu. Muttaiyaṉ: Muttu-aiyaṉ
Paṇikkaṉ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Periya-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Kiḻavaṉ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Koyyāk-kuḷam: Oddusuddan. Mullaiththeevu
Māṇṭa-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Maṇiyar-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Māṅ-kuḷam: Oddusudaan, Mullaiththeevu
Meiya-kalluk-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Mutaliyā-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Mutiyaṉ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Nāvik-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Paṭṭip-pilavuk-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Paṇikkaṉ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Periya-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Periya-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Pirāmaṇālaṅ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Putuk-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Puttuyirppuk-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu. A new name
Taṇṇi-muṟippuk-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Vēlaṅ-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Viḷāttik-kuḷam: Oddusuddan, Mullaiththeevu
Ālaṭik-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Amaiyaṅ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Mata-vāla-ciṅkaṉ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Āṟumukattāṉ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mulaiththeevu
Ilaṅkai-nārāyaṇaṉ-kuḷam: Karathuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu. Ilaṅkai-nārāyaṇaṉ: personal name of a chieftain of Vanni
Ēyaṉ-kuḷam: Karaithurippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Kāyāṭik-kuḷam: Kāyāvaṭik-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Kaṭaiyaṉ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Kīccuk-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mulliththeevu
Kuṅcuk-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Kuruntūrk-kuḷam: Karathuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Maṉaṟ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Nāvaṟ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Nittikaik-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Paṭu-kāṭṭuk-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Paḻaiya-āṇṭāṉ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Paṉṟi-cuṭṭāṉ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Puḻutikkal-kuḷam: Karithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Cāmpaṉ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Cempu-tāṇṭa-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Ciṉṉak-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Uṭuppuk-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Uttaraiyaṉ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Vari-vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Karaithuraippattu, Mullaiththeevu
Kuḷa-vayal: Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaiththeevu
* * *Kilinochchi district:Koṟṟāṇṭār-kuḷam: Pachchilaippalli, Kilinochchi
Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Kandavalai, Kilinochchi
Kōṇaṉ-kuḷam: Kandavalai, Kilinochchi
Maṇṇaṭitta-kuḷam: Kandavalai, Kilinochchi. Maṇ+aṭitta+kuḷam
Periya-kuḷam: Kandavalai, Kilinochchi
Iraṭṭaip-paṉaik-kuḷam: Kandavalai, Kilinochchi
Campuk-kuḷam: Kandavalai, Kilinochchi
Putuk-kuḷam: Kandavalai, Kilinochchi
Āmpal-kuḷam: Karaichchi, Kilinochchi
Periya-kuḷam: Kandavalai, Kilinochchi
Akkarāyaṉ-kuḷam: Karaichchi, Kilinochchi. Akkarāyaṉ: name of a ruler
Āṉai-viḷuntāṉ-kuḷam: Karaichchi, Kilinochchi
Kanakāmpikaik-kuḷam: Karaichchi, Kilinochchi. Kaṉakāmpikai: name of the presiding deity of the temple there.
Vaṉṉērik-kuḷam: Karaichchi, Kilinochchi
Kantan-kuḷam: Karaichchi, Kilinochchi
Maṇiyaṅ-kuḷam: Karaichchi, Kilinochchi
Ūriyāṉ-kuḷam: Karaichchi, Kilinochchi
Ellaik-kal-kuḷam: Poonakari, Kilinochchi
Karik-koṭṭuk-kuḷam: Poonakari, Kilinochchi
Katira-vil-kuḷam: Poonakari, Kilinochchi
Kāvak-kuḷam: Poonakari, Kilinochchi
Moṭṭaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Poonakari, Kilinochchi
Nalla-taṇṇīrk-kuḷam: Poonakari, Kilinochchi
Nakarak-kuḷam: Poonakari, Kilinochchi
Neṭuṅ-kuḷam: Poonakari, Kilinochchi
Pūk-kuḷam: Poonakari, Kilinochchi
Cempaṉ-kuḷam: Poonakari, Kilinochchi
* * *Batticaloa district:Maturaṅ-kēṇik-kuḷam: Koralaippattu, Batticaloa
Ālaṅ-kuḷam: Koralaippattu, Batticaloa; Addalaichchenai, Amparai
Periya-kuḷam: Alaiyadivempu, Amparai
Tāmaraik-kuḷam: Pottuvil, Amparai
Mīyaṉ-kuḷam: Koralippattu, Batticaloa
Mīyan-kal-kuḷam: Koralaippattu, Batticaloa
Neṭuṅ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Koralaippattu, Batticaloa
Pēyaṉ-kuḷam: Koralaippattu, Batticaloa
Cāḷampaiyaṭik-kuḷam: Koralaippattu, Batticaloa
Cōtaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Koralaippattu, Batticaloa: Acōtaiyaṉ: a ruler noted in the legends of the East
Akattiyar-kuḷam: Eravur, Batticaloa
Āṇṭār-kuḷam: Eravur, Batticaloa
Īrala-kuḷam: Eravur, Batticaloa
Karaṭiyaṉ-kuḷam: Eravur, Batticaloa
Kitul-kuḷam: Eravur, Batticaloa
Puttu-veḷik-kuḷam: Eravur, Batticaloa
Camuḻaṅ-cōlaik-kuḷam: Eravur, Batticaloa
Iṟāl-kuḷam: Eravurppattu, Batticaloa: Iṟāl: 1. Prawn; 2. Īṟal: big forest (Batticaloa glossary, Kanthaiya)
Kirāṉ-kuḷam: Manmunaippattu, Batticaloa
Ollik-kuḷam: Manmunaippattu, Batticaloa
Kōyil-kuḷam: Manmunaippattu, Batticaloa
Puṉṉaik-kuḷam: Poratheevuppattu, Batticaloa
Ammaṉ-kuḷam: Poratheevuppattu, Batticaloa
Kuḷak-kōṭṭaṉ-kirāmam: Koralaippattu, Batticaloa. Kuḷakkōtṭaṉ: a legendary king associated with the construction of tanks in the East and in Vanni; the place name is a recent one
Kuḷattu-maṭu: Koralaippattu, Batticaloa
Kuḷattu-vaṭṭai: Koralaippattu, Batticaloa
* * *Trincomalee district:Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Kuchchaveli, Trincomalee; Poratheevuppattu, Batticaloa
Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam-paṟṟu: a former division in Trincomalee (One Inch Sheet)
Periya-kuḷam: Kuchchaveli, Trincomalee
Paḷḷak-kuḷam: Kuchchaveli, Trincomalee
Vaṭalik-kuḷam: Kuchchaveli, Trincomalee
Iluppaik-kuḷam: Trincomalee Town and Gravets, Trincomalee
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Trincomalee Town and Gravets, Trincomalee
Āṇṭāṉ-kuḷam: Trincomalee Town and Gravets, Trincomalee
Kaṟ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Trincomalee Town and Gravets, Trincomalee
Marai-eṟiñcāṉ-kuḷam: Trincomalee Town and Gravets, Trincomalee
Mutaliyār-kuḷam: Trincomalee Town and Gravets, Trincomalee
Puḷiyañ-kuḷam: Trincomalee Town and Gravets, Trincomalee
Maṇiyaracaṉ-kuḷam: Kinniya, Trincomalee. Maṇiyaracaṉ: name of a ruler in the legends of Trincomalee
Kollaṉ-kuḷam: Kinniya, Trincomalee
Kuṭṭiyā-kuḷam: Kinniya, Trincomalee
Veḷḷāṅ-kuḷam: Kinniya, Trincomalee
Āviyā-kuḷam: Moothoor, Trincomalee
Ittik-kuḷam: Moothoor, Trincomalee
Mara-vaṭṭaik-kuḷam: Moothoor, Trincomalee
Ciṉṉak-kuḷam: Moothoor, Trincomalee
Poli-kaṇṭik-kuḷam: Sinhalicised as Puli-kanḍi-kulama: Gomarankadawela, Trincomalee. Polikaṇṭi: paddy field part
Noccik-kuḷam: Sinhalicised as Nocci-kulama: Mutalikkuḷam/ Morawewa, Trincomalee
Paṉ-kulam: Sinhalicised as Pan-kulama: Mutalikkulam/ Morawewa, Trincomalee
Pamman-kuḷac-cēṉai: Moothoor, Trincomalee
Pokkaiya-kuḷac-cēṉai: Moothoor, Trincomalee
Ullaik-kuḷac-cēṉai: Moothoor, Trincomalee
Ālaṅ-kuḷattuc-cōlai: Kuchchaveli, Trincomalee
* * *Kuḷam from One Inch Sheets:Delft Sheet:Aṟumaṉ-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS
Uttarai-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS
Vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS
Īccaṅ-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS
Tāmaraik-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS
Periya-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS
Kākkayaṉ-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS
Poṭṭal-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS
Mutaliyā-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS
Iṟavaṇṭaik-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS
Veṭṭuk-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS. The excavated pond; this was excavated in the Dutch times. Veṭṭu: (verb) to cut, dig as a well (Tamil, DED 5478)
Cilukkaraik-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS
Toṇṭaṉ-kuḷam: Delft, Delft OIS
Ālaṅ-kuḷam: Nayiṉā-tīvu, Delft OIS
Nari-tūkki-kuḷam: Nayiṉā-tīvu, Delft OIS
Peruṅ-kuḷam: Nayiṉā-tīvu, Delft OIS
Kirāyk-kuḷam: Nayiṉā-tīvu, Delft OIS
Vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: Puṅkuṭu-tīvu, Delft OIS
Kauṭiyaṉ-kuḷam: Puṅkuṭu-tīvu, Delft OIS
Aṭai-kātta-kuḷam: Puṅkuṭu-tīvu, Delft OIS
Maṇṭakak-kuḷam: Puṅkuṭu-tīvu, Delft OIS
Paṇṭattaṉaik-kuḷam: Puṅkuṭu-tīvu, Delft OIS
Periya-kirāyk-kuḷam: Puṅkuṭu-tīvu, Delft OIS
Ampaik-kuḷam: Puṅkuṭu-tīvu, Delft OIS
Kikkiliyā-kuḷam: Puṅkuṭu-tīvu, Delft OIS
Tikaḻik-kuḷam: Puṅkuṭu-tīvu, Delft OIS
* * *Jaffna Sheet:Vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: Aṉalai-tīvu, Jaffna OIS
Vērak-kuḷam: Kārai-tīvu, Jaffna OIS
Kiḷuvāṉaik-kuḷam: Kārai-tīvu, Jaffna OIS
Ilantaik-kuḷam: Kayts, Jaffna OIS
Karantuk-kuḷam: Kayts, Jaffna OIS
Periya-kuḷam: Kayts, Jaffna OIS
Cuḷa-kuṇṭik-kuḷam: Kayts, Jaffna OIS
Nittul-kuḷam: Kayts, Jaffna OIS
Cilinta-kuḷam: Kayts, Jaffna. Cilumpu: to flow out, gush out (Tamil, DED 2569); Cilupu: a pond (Telugu, DED 2569); Silka: river, brook (Kolami, Naikri, Gondi, DED 2569); Cilime, Cilme, Cilimbi: a small tank (Tulu, DED 2367); Cilume: a small pit, spring of water, fountain head, dried-up tank (Kannada, DED 2367)
Vaṇṇā-kuḷam: Kayts, Jaffna OIS
Nārakkā-kuḷam: Kayts, Jaffna OIS
Peruṅ-kuḷam: Kayts, Jaffna OIS
Puṉṉālaik-kuḷam: Jaffna OIS
Naḷavarāyaṉ-kuḷam: Jaffna OIS
Kaṟ-kaḻik-kuḷam: Jaffna OIS
Piṉākkaik-kuḷam: Jaffna OIS
Alukkaik-kuḷam: Jaffna OIS
Ālaṅ-kuḷam: Jaffna OIS
Cemmaṇik-kuḷam: Jaffna OIS
Paṇṭārak-kuḷam: Nallūr, Jaffna
* * *Point Pedro Sheet:Veruttik-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Kākkaraik-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Attoḷuk-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Kallikkaik-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Neṟ-koḻuk-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Intiral-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Ilakaṭik-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Vēlaṅka-polatti-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Mā-kanta-ciṭṭik-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Kavaṭik-kirāyk-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Muḷḷik-kirāyk-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Kūṉik-kirāyk-kuḷam: Mantuvil. Point Pedro OIS
Matalaik-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Ollik-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Tavaci-kuḷam: Koṭi-kāmam, Point Pedro OIS. Tavaci: hermit, mendicant (Tamil); Tapas: religious austerity, related to heat, pain (Sanskrit, Rig Vedic, CDIAL 5674)
Kāyāṅ-kuḷam: Viṭattal-paḻai, Point Pedro OIS
Aṭampaṉ-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Paṟaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Ittāvil, Point Pedro OIS
Iluppaiyaṭik-kuḷam: Point Pedro OIS
Paṉṉaik-kuḷam: Nākar-kōyil, Point Pedro OIS
Campuk-kuḷam: Cempiyaṉ-paṟṟu, Point Pedro OIS
Vaṇṇāṉ-tuṟaik-kuḷam: Mukamālai, Point Pedro OIS
Vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: Kaccāy, Point Pedro OIS
Ilantait-tiṭal-kuḷam: Varaṇi. Point Pedro OIS
Kaṭal-kirāñci-tāḻvuk-kuḷam: Varaṇi, Point Pedro OIS
Īrallik-kirāyk-kuḷam: Kaitaṭi, Point Pedro OIS
Kollaṉ-kirāyk-kuḷam: Cāvakaccēri, Point Pedro OIS
Vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Cāvakaccēri, Point Pedro OIS
Vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: Kaccāy, Point Pedro OIS
Ōvālk-kuḷam: Kaccāy, Point Pedro OIS
Iluvarayiṟ-kuḷam: Caracālai, Point Pedro OIS
Peruṅ-kuḷam: Cāvakaccēri, Jaffna
* * *Elephant Pass Sheet:Vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: five places, Elephant Pass OIS
Nelliyā-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Kōyil-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Maṇal-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Irutalaik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Oṭṭaṉ-paḷḷam-kuḷam: Paḻai, Elephant Pass OIS
Tirāyk-kuḷam: Paḻai, Elephant Pass OIS
Neṭuṅ-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Periya-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Aṭampaṉ-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Karanṭāik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Pāppāṉ-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS. Pāppāṉ: Pappāṉ-pūṇtu: Wild Chayaroot, Aldenlandia corymbosa (Tamil, MTL)
Māvilaṅkaik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Taṉip-paṉaik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Iraṭṭaip-paṉaik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Kuñcik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Ciraṭṭai-paṟiccāṉ-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Vērak-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Tāmaraik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Kaṟuppi-cetta-kuḷam/ Karai-pōṭṭa-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Paṉai-niṉṟa-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Kokkaṭampaṉ-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS. Kokku+aṭampaṉ+kuḷam
Iṟampaik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Taccaṭampaṉ-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS. Tacca+aṭampaṉ+kuḷam
Uppuk-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Telliyāy-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Taṉi-vaḷaik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Muḷḷiyāṉ-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Alukkaṉ-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Mallan-karaik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Eḻuvaraik-koṇṭāṉ-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Pottu-valaik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Tāvaḷaik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Teṉayaṉ-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Nāy-cetta-paḷḷam-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Kaṟukkāyk-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Piramantal-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Nel-vēlik-kuḷam: Elephant Pass OIS
Korakkaṉ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: near Parantaṉ, Elephant Pass OIS. Korakkaṉ-kaṭṭu is a cultivation field marked separately
Vavaṉik-kuḷam: near Ūriyāṉ, Elephant Pass OIS
* * *Pūnakari:Vaṭṭak-kirāñcik-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Taḷik-kuḷam: three places, Poonakari OIS
Nalla- taṇṇik-kuḷam: two places, Poonakari OIS
Āṉaip-pāppaṉ-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS. See Pāppaṉ-kuḷam
Kaṭaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Neṭuṅ-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Cori-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Kōvil-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Periya-tampirāy-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Ellaik-kal-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Mēlaṭampaṉ-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS. Mēl+aṭampaṉ+kuḷam
Teḷivuk-karaik-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Kokkuṭaiyāṉ-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS. Kokku+uṭaiyāṉ+ kuḷam
Kavāk-kuḷam: two places, Poonakari OIS
Marakkāyar-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Mūlaik-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Karaiyām-piṭṭik-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Kuñcu-āṉai-viḻuntāṉ-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Kaṭaliṟañcit-tāḻvuk-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Cekkālaik-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Karumāṉ-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Aracapuram-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Nañciṭṭa-kāṭu-kuḷam: near Akkarāyaṉ-kuḷam, Poonakari OIS. Probably, related to Nañcuṇṭaṉ: poison ball plant, Balanites roxburghii; Nañcuṇṭam: a tree, Gardenia turgida; Nañcuṇṭai: a tree, the seeds of which are of narcotic content, but used in native medicine, Compound corymbed, Yellow-flowered resin seed, Pittospermum floribundum (Tamil, MTL); also note the place name, Nañcuṇṭāṉ-veḷi in Putukkuṭiyiruppu
Kaccaṟ-koṭip-paḷḷam-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Olikkaṉār-kuḷam: Poṉṉā-veḷi, Poonakari OIS
Paḻaiyil-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS
Pallavarāyaṉ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Uruttirapuram, Poonakari OIS. This place is different from Pallavarāyan-kaṭṭu in Tuṇukkāy where a bigger reservoir is found. Pallavarāyaṉ: also Pallavaraiyaṉ: title of a high official or commander, as seen in Tamil inscriptions between late 8th century CE and 13th century CE (Tamil, inscriptions; examples: Pañcavaṉ Pallavaraiyaṉ, 780 CE, SII, xiv, 17; Aṇṇaṉ Pallavarāyaṉ, 1175 CE, EI, xxii, 14); a high official or commander, either coming from the Pallava country or connected to the Pallave country; many having the title were in the service of the Cholas; Araiyaṉ: also Aracaṉ, Araicaṉ: king, soverign, prince (Tamil, DED 201, cognates in 8 Dravidian languages; DED cites Dravidian Prakrit; Rājan: chieftain, king (Sanskrit, CDIAL 10679)
* * *Tunukkai Sheet:Vaṉṉērik-kuḷam: Poonakari OIS. Vaṉ+nērik+kuḷam, or Vaṉ+ērik+kuḷam; Nēri, Ēri: dam
Neṭuṅ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Kōṇā-malaik-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Tēttāvaṭik-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS. Tēttā: Tēṟṟā, Tēṟu: a tree
Perum-parappuk-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Tīk-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Muruṅkaṉ-kuḷam: Tuṇukkāy, Tunukkai OIS
Paṇṭi-veṭik-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Cāḻampaṉ-kuḷam: two places, Tunukkai OIS
Aṇicciyaṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS. Aṇiñcil, Aḻiṅcil: a tree
Karampaik-kuḷam: two places, Tunukkai OIS
Kucavaṉ-kuḷam: two places, Tunukkai OIS
Paṭṭaṅkaṭṭi-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Murukkaṭik-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS. Murukku+aṭik-kuḷam
Āṉai-viḻuntāṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Uppuk-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Paṟaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Nākap-paṭuvaṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Kariyālaik-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Aṇai-pōṭṭa-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Kōṭṭai-kaṭṭiṉa-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Nari-veraṭṭik-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Kotampiyā-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS.
Āṉai-cetta-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Ālaṅ-kuḷam: two places, Tunukkai OIS
Kollaṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Putuk-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Koṅkaṇaṉ-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Tēvaṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Paṇṭi-veṭṭik-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Viraḷip-puḷik-kuḷam: Maṉṉiyakuḷam, Tunukkai OIS
Maṉṉiya-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Kuñcu-āṉai-viḻuntāṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Kuñcuk-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Maṇal-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Teṉṉiyaṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Cōḻiyaṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Muttaraiyaṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Āvarañ-cāṭṭik-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Kaṇṭiyat-tēvaṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Āvarañ-cāṭṭik-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Veḷḷāṅ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Tēvaṉ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Tekkai-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS
Otiyaṅ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS. Oti: a tree
Kīḻ-kuḷam: Tunukkai OIS. Compare it with Mēl-kuḷam/ Mēṟ-kuḷam
* * *Iranaimadu Sheet:Nilaik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kākkaraiyaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS. Kākkarai: Kautāri
Paṟaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Pūvaliyāṉ-vayal-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Aṭampaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Pīk-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS. Probably, Pīlik-kuḷam; the dam of the tank is built across a stream called Marutap-pīli-āṟu
Timpilik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kaivēlik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kaṅkāṇiyā-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Cakaḷattup-pulavuk-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kuñcuk-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kollaik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Pirāmaṇaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Koṭi-tāṅkiya-kuḷam: Oṭṭucuṭṭāṉ, Iranaimadu OIS
Kaṭṭaik-kāṭu-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kākkap-paṇikkaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Cāḷampaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Veṭukku-nāṟik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Murukku-veṭṭuvāṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS. The Kuḷam in Murukku-veṭṭuvāṉ
Iyaṅkan-kuḷam: two places, Iranaimadu OIS
Maṇṇā-kaṇṭal-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Puḷiyaṭik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Paṉiccaik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Periya-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kuñcu-nāccik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Neṟ-pulavuk-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kuñcu-kōṭālik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Uṭaiyār-camaḷaṅ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Paṇṭārak-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Iyaṅkaṭi-veḷiyiṟ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS. Iyaṅku+aṭi+veḷi+il+kuḷam
Cēṉarāyaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Ceṭṭi-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Ampaṭṭa-marutaṅ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Taṭṭā-malaik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Vēṭaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kaṟ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Karampaik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Muṟippāṉ-karaik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Āṉai-viḻuntāṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kīri-cuṭṭāṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Poṟ-parappik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kantacāmi-kōyil-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Paṇikkar-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: three places, Iranaimadu OIS
Puṟ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Ālaṅ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Marutōṇṭik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Āmpal-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Katiraṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Mutaliyā-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kuruntan-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Muṟiyaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Puli-cetta-kuḷam: Kokkāvil, Iranaimadu OIS
Kāyaāṅ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Maṇal-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Marutaṅ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Karik-kuruviyāṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS. Karik-kuruvi: king crow, glossy black bird with long forked tail, Dicrurus macrocercus (Tamil, MTL, DED 1278a + 1793)
Ampalavaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Pantaṉaik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Vitāṉai-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Puli-kuttik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Vaṇṭik-kaṭṭu-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Vaṉṉi-viḷāṅ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Camaḷaṅ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Ammi-vaittāṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Vaṇṇā-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kuñci-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Yā-maritaṅ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Karaṭiyaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kaḷuttu-muṟittāṉ-kuḷam: Maṇavāḷam-paṭṭa-muṟippu, Iranaimadu OIS
Kāṭṭup-paruttik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Taccaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Aṭampaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Puḻumac-cilanti-kuḷam: Ampakāmam, Iranaimadu OIS. Puḻumac-cilanti: Puli-mukac-cilanti: tiger-faced spider, Tarantula, Bycosa nidifex (Tamil, MTL); Cilanti: spider (Tamil, DED 2562)
Kumutaṅ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Pacimpai-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kal-pokkai-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Tiruk-kuḷam: Oṭṭucuṭṭāṉ, Iranaimadu OIS
Paḻaiya-camaḷaṅ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kuñcup-paruttik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Nāvik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Uḷuviyaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Kumiḻaṅ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Puttu-veṭṭuvāṉ-maṇaṟ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS. The Kuḷam in Puttu-veṭṭuvāṉ
Paṟaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Karu-velik-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS
Cempeṭutta-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS. Cempu+eṭutta+kuḷam; probably where copper was mined
Tuttaṉ-kuḷam: Iranaimadu OIS. Tutti: various plants; 1. Wrinkled leaved evening mallow, abutilon asiaticum; 2 . Country mallow, Perun-tutti; 3. Narrow wooly stipuled lotus croton, Vaṭṭat-tutti; 4 white mulberry tree, morus alba; 5. Spiked bitter cucumber
* * *Mullaiththeevu:Vāveṭṭik-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Maṇaṟ-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Aṭampaṉ-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Pūtaṉ-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Marutaṅ-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Iḷa-marutaṅ-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Kāyāvaṭik-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS. Kāyā+aṭi+kuḷam
Paṇṭik-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Kuruntaṉ-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Maḻavarāyaṉ-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Āmpal-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Āṇṭāṉ-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Karukkal-veḷik-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Iṟāl-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
Periya-puḷiyañ-kuḷam: Mullaittivu OIS
* * *Māntai:Paṅki-kuḷam: Iluppaikkaṭavai, Mantai OIS
Periya-kuḷam: two places, Mantai OIS
Ciṉṉak-kuḷam: two places, Mantai OIS
Maṇṇāṅ-kaṭṭik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Nāvalaṭik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Montaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Vaṇṇā-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Iyaṅkaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Ceṭṭi-veḷik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Karaṅ-kāmam-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kompaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kucava-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kaḷḷiyaṭic-ciṟu-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Paṭṭattu-veḷik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Paṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kōṇaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Naḷava-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Periya-cavari-kuḷam: Mantai OIS. Cavari; Xavier
Kūrāyk-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Āṇṭi-veḷik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kuñcuk-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Antaṇa-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kāttāṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kāraiyaṭik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS. Kārai+aṭi+kuḷam
Kottāṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS. Kottāṉ: a creeper
Oluk-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Ciṟu-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Civantaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Pālaik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Vāṇivaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Nāvalaṭik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Viḷāttik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kaṟukkāk-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Vēlak-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Karampaik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kāttāṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Viḷātti-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Paṭṭi-veḷik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Paṇikkar-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kaṅkāṇi-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kucava-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Valiya-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Muḷḷik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kāyāṅ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kuṟiñcāk-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Naravik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS. Probably Naṟuvilik-kuḷam
Muttiyaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kaṭṭayaṉ-perumāḷ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Velatti-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Mūppaṉ-kuḷam: Paṉaṅ-kāmam, Mantai OIS
Cempar-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Iṟamiyaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Poṭi-tuvaraṅ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kuṟi-cuṭṭāṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS. See Kuṟi-cuṭṭa-kuḷam
Ummiṭiyāṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Uttiraṅ-koṇṭāṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kūmak-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Cekkaṭik-kuḷam: Panaṅkāmam, Mantai OIS
Vavunik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Pāṇṭiyaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Pūvaracaṅ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Oṭṭaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kompaṟutta-kuḷam: Mantai OIS. Kompu+aṟutta-kuḷam
Cāḷampaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kuruntaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kaṭṭuk-karaik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS. The Tamil name for Giant's Tank, the largest ancient reservoir built in the North of the island
Puḷiyālaṅ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS. Puḷi+āl+am+kuḷam: where tamarind and banyan are found together
Periya-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Culuttāṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Levvai-kuḷam: Mantai OIS. Levvai: Lebbe
Paṭṭāṇi-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kōṭṭaik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Akattik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Iṟumaṉ-veḷi Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS. Iṟumaṉ: probably, Viṟumaṉ: a folk deity, from Viṟuma-vairavar < Piruma-vairavar < Brahma-bhairava: the form of Siva that took away the top head of Brahma
Cēttuk-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Paṟaiya-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Icaṅkaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kuṟiñcāk-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Cāḷampaik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Māṉip-pulluk-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kāttāṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Pālaiyaṭik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Narik-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kollaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Periya-nāval-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Kalaiyap-perumāḷ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Vaṇṇā-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Pāppāṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Mariyā-putuk-kuḷam: Mantai OIS. Mariyā: Mary
Vaiyattāṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Paṟaṅki-ciṟu-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Periya-kaṅkan-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
Ciṉṉa-kaṅkaṉ-kuḷam: Mantai OIS
* * *Murunkan Sheet:Vañciyaṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Kollaṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Vaṇṇā-kuḷam: two places Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Paṇikkar-ciṟu-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Piṭāri-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Pūvaracaṅ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Ittik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Noccik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Ciṉṉa-noccik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Maṇal-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Peruṅ-kaṭṭuc-ciṟu-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Karuṅkālik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Vaṭṭavāṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Cōṉaka-neṭuṅ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Piccai-vāṇipaṉ-neṭuṅ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Ālaṭik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Ūmattai-vempuk-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Vakai-kaṭṭiṉa-oluk-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Periya-kalluk-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Kākkaraṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Oṭṭara-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Neṭuṅ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Amicci-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Uppaṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Koṅka-rāyaṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Palakai-viḻunta-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Karampaik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Nellik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Nel-vēlik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Kaṟukkā-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Paṇikka-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Muruṅkaṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Pettāṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Mūkkaṟaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Cāmpāṉ-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Varakuc-cēṉaik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Piramiya-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS. Pirami: a prostrate herb, Herpestis monniera (Tamil, MTL)
Kirittō-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS. Kirittō: Jesus Christ
Periya-paṭṭi-veḷik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Piḷḷai-noccik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Paṭṭi-veḷik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Aṟukam-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Karaiyā-kalluk-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Cāḷampaik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Veḷḷaiyar-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Kāyāṅ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Pirāmaṇālaṅ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS. Pirāmaṇa+ālaṅ+kuḷam
Paṟaiyanālaṅkuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS. Paṟaiyaṉ+ālaṅ+kuḷam
Paravip-pāñcāṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Kuturu-viṭṭāṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Marakkāyar-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Tampaṉaik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Ceṭṭi-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Viḷāttik-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Cōṉaka-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Vaikāḷit-tēvan-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Vairava-tēvar-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Karampaṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Kamak-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Virāy-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
Nākaṉ-kuḷam: Muruṅkaṉ OIS
* * *Vavuniya Sheet:Vēḷḷaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Māvilaṅkaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Naṟuvilik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Āvaraṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Maṅkait-tuvaraṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Ilantaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: found in several places, Vavuniya OIS
Nellik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Karuṅkālik-kuḷam: found in several places, Vavuniya OIS
Kōyil-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Pūcāriyār-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kuñcuk-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Tekkilāṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Ittik-kuḷam: two places, Vavuniya OIS
Ciṉṉa-āvaracaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Periya-aracaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kākkayaṉ-kuḷam: two places, Vavuniya OIS
Uvark-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kal-vēlik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Karaiyā-alampaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Mutaliyā-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Marutaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Vēlaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Mēl-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Paṇikkar-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Pāvaṭṭaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS. Pāvaṭṭai: 1. a plant, Pavetta indica; 2. common bottle flower, Webara corymbosa; 3. a small tree, Malabar nut, Āṭā-tōṭai, Justicia adhatoda (Tamil, MTL, DED 4103); Pāvaṭṭā: Āḍātōḍā (Sinhala, Sorata); Āṭā-tōṭai: because it is eaten only by goats (Āṭu: goat; Tōṭu: collection, assemblage, bunch, leaf, petal; Naṟṟiṇai 206: 2; Tamil DED 5152 + DED 3480)
Pirappaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Paracaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kaḷḷik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Aracaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Nālu-muṟippuk-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Tuvaraṅ-kuḷam: Ma-maṭu, Vavuniya OIS
Vayiravar-ciṉṉakkuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Vaṭa-kāṭu Puḷiyaṅkuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Naḷavan Kal-vīraṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS. See Kal-vīraṉ-kuḷam
Muṭavaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Iṟampai-veṭṭik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Oṭṭamaṭaiccik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS. Oṭṭam+aṭaicca+kuḷam
Taṇakkaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS. Taṇakku: whirling nut, Gyrocarpus jacquini (Tamil, DED 3046)
Kāṭṭup-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Iyaṅkaṉ-kuḷam: two places, Vavuniya OIS
Mutaliyā-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Aṭappaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kal-vīraṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS. Kal-vīrai: a variety of Vīrai tree
Tekkilaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Puḷi-māṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kākal-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Cāḷampaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Nēriya-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Periya-noccik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Vēṭap-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Mayil-muṭṭai-iṭṭa-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Viṭattal-kāṭṭuc-ciṉṉak-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Neḷuk-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Vēppaṅ-kuḷam: two places, Vavuniya OIS
Payirik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Ciṉṉa-iruvāṭcik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS. Iruvāṭci, Iruvāycci: Tasman jasmine, Jasminum sambacflore-manoraepleno (Tamil, MTL); from the bifurcation seen in the leaves, Iru+vāy (Tamil, DED 474 + 5352)
Kūḻāṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kaṇṭaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kuṟñcāk-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Taṭṭāṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Ciṉṉak-koṅkara-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Āmpal-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Paṭṭi-veḷik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Taḷik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Maṇiyar-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Iṟamiyaṉ Kaṟ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Noccik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kāra-veṭṭiyāṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kurukkaḷ-kuṟicuṭṭa-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS. See Kuṟicuṭṭa-kuḷam
Civalaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Cittaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Iṟampaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Aracaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kanta-uṭayār Pūvaracaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Vēlappar Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kuñcuk-kuḷam: two places, Vavuniya OIS
Cōṉaka Cāḷampaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Iḷa-marutaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Tavaci-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Ēḻu-muṟippuk-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Pattirakāḷi-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS. Pattira-kāli: a fork of the deity, Kāḷi; Bhadra: fortunate, delightful (Sanskrit, Rig Vedic, CDIAL 9377)
Iluppaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Mēṟ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Payarik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Makiḻaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Puḷi-taṟitta-puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kuṟi-cuṭṭa-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Āyil-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Pirāmaṇaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Veḷik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Taccaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Neṟ-pulluk-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Vaikāḷi-kūḻaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kūḻaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Tampaṉaik-kuḷam: two places, Vavuniya OIS. Tampaṉai: a tree
Neḷuk-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Paṇṭāri-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Tiruk-kōvil Nāvaṟ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Piñcu-viḷāttik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Aḻakar-camaḷaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Mahā-iṟampaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Pēyāṭi-kūḻaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Nālu-muṟippuk-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Katiraṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kāyāṇ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Nāmpaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Marutaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Pūtar-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Vēlappar-marutaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Camaḷaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Tuvaraṅ-kuḷam: Ōmantai, Vavuniya OIS
Aliyaṉ-cāynta-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Katira-mara-ciṉṉak-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Pattiṉiyār-marutaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Karum-paṉiccaik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS. Karum-paṉiccai: a variety of Paṉiccai tree
Tēva-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Karu-vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Maṟavaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Mullaik-kuḷam: near Ammi-vaittāṉ, Vavuniya OIS
Kal-vēlik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Tavaciyā-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Kaṭṭaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Taraṇik-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Tekkilāṉ-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
Pāvaṭṭaṉ-kuḷam: near Ōmantai, Vavuniya OIS
Muṟiyak-kuḷam: Vavuniya OIS
* * *Kokkilai Sheet:Kāyāṭik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Villi-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Kocci-paṉiccaik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Kuñcuk-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Pottuk-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Kollaṉ-veḷik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Paṟaiyaṉ-veḷik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Kūmaṉ-
kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Veṭṭuk-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Oṭṭaṉ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Ōṭāvik-kuḷam: near Pulmōṭṭai, Kokkilai OIS
Camaḷaṅ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Āṇṭāṉ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Vaṉṉiyar-veḷik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Kucak-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Noccik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Tōraṅ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Iṟamaṉ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Periya-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Kaṟuttār-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Taṉik-kalluk-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Māṉāvārik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Karu-vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Āyilaṭik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Nittukkai-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Vēlaṅ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Paḻaiya-āṇṭāṉ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Paṇṭi-cuṭṭāṉ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Pūtaṉ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Uṭaṅkaik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Karai-vāykkāl-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Pattaṉ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Kalakalappāṉ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS. Kalakalappāṉ: literally meaning, the one that makes rattling sound; probably the same as Kilukiluppai: 1. Species of rattewort, the seeds of which rattle in ripe pods, Crotalaria pulcherrima; 2. Laburnum-leaved rattlewort, Crotalaria laburnifolia; 3. A copiously branched shrub with quadrangular stems, Crotalaria verrucosa (Tamil, MTL)
Vīraṉ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Ciṉṉak-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Vampoṭukai-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS. Vambaṭu: a kind of brinjal, Solanum melongena (Sinhala, Clough)
Paṇikkan-vayal-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Vaṇṇātti-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Periya-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Paṉiccaṅ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Ciṉṉa-veḷik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Āna-olanda-kulam: near Gōmaraṅkaḍavala, Kokkilai OIS. From Āṉai-viḻuntāṉ-kuḷam
Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Vaṭṭikā-parappuk-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Kal-iluppaik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Vēlaṅ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Camaḷaṅ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Kusak-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Kalluk-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Vaṉṉiyar-veḷik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Paṇiya-veḷik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Kāyāṅ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Periya-tiṭal-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Putu-vayal-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Karai-vayal-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS. Karai: edge in this context
Veṭṭuk-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Nāvaṟ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Kuñcuk-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Amaiyaṅ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Puḻutik-kal-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Puḷukkaṇitta-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Cempaṉ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Ālaṅ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Natta-veḷik-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
Amari-vayal-kuḷam: Kokkilai OIS
* * *Padaviya Sheet:Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam-paṟṟu: a former division, Padaviya OIC
Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Mayilaṅ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Viḷāṅ-kuḷam: two places, Padaviya OIC
Kaṟ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Ilantaik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Vaṇṇāṉ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Vīraṉ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Viḷāttik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Nāvaṟ-kaṉik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Malaiyaṭik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Mum-malaik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Vaṭalik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Iluppaik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Poykaik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Tuvaraṅ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Ālaṅ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Māvak-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Kaḷa-veṭṭuk-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC. Kaḷa-veṭṭai: threshing floor, usually a high ground area reserved for this pupose in a tract of paddy fields
Ūṟṟuk-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Ulakkuk-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC. Ulu: forest
Kāyāṅ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Elaiyaṉ-kiḷiyaṉ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Periya-mutaliyā-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Periya-marakkāyar-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Kokku-viḷāṅ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Paṉiccaṅ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Paṉaṅkaṭṭik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Cavari-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Ceṭṭi-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Periya-cempi-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Marukkāraṅ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Nāvaṟ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Periya-kalmaṭuk-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Ciṉṉa-marakkāyar-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Kuruppuṭṭik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Kiḷavi-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Piḷḷaiyā-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Marakkāyar-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Veṭi-vacca-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Periya-Aṭampaṉ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Noccik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Paṟaiyaṉ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Paṉ-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Mutalik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC. Mutali: Nephelium longanum (Eezham Tamil)
Ellaik-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
Koṭṭuk-kuḷam: Padaviya OIC
* * *Horowupotana Sheet: Cēṉai-veḷik-kuḷam: Horawupotana OIS
Veṇṭaracṉ-kuḷam: Horawupotana OIS. Veṇṭaracaṉ: a king noted in the legends of Trincomalee
Kuṟuñcā-kuḷam: Horawupotana OIS
* * *Trincomalee Sheet:Ammaṉ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Pariyāri-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS. Pariyāri: physician, barber (Eezham Tamil); Parikāri: physician (Tamil, inscription, 1191 CE, SII, xvii, 595); Parihāra: attention, care (Pali, CDIAL 7901)
Āṇṭāṉ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Kōvilāṟu-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Taṭṭak-kal-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Makamatu-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Paṭṭiyāṉ-ūṟṟuk-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Kayavantaṉ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Aṭappaṉ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Vēppaṅ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Mallu-malaik-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Aṇaikkal-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS. Aṇaikkal: stone dam
Ciṉṉa-nayintai-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Iḷa-kantai-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Periya-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Kaṭṭaik-kāṭṭuk-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Ciṟu-vaḷḷiyammai-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Periya-ālaṅ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Pokkar-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Campuk-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Pulavaṉ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Toṭuvāṉ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Vaṭuva-maṅkai-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Kokka-tīvuk-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Cemattaṉ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Periya-nayintai-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Kucavaṉ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Cempanāyaṉ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Ittik-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Nari-ilantaik-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Mara-veṭṭaik-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Ullaik-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Periya-veḷik-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Kaṅku-vēlik-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Mēṉ-kāmam-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Kirāṉ-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
Nīlap-paḻaik-kuḷam: Trincomalee OIS
* * *Kathiraveli Sheet:Kal-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Nāvakaṉ-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Kāttāṉ-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Kollaṉ-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Kuṟiñcāṅ-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Paṉiccaṅ-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Kirāṉ-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Tāmaraik-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Oṭṭuk-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Otti-veḷik-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Ciṉṉak-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Periya-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Maṇal-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Cōḻaṉ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Uvarcaṉ-veṭṭaik-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Nalivu-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Maturaṅ-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Nāvaṟ-kāṭṭuk-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Malai-veḷik-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Ciṉṉak-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Paṅkurānaik-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Canteli-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Uṇu-kāmam-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
Paḷḷik-kuḷam: Kathiraveli OIS
* * *Vakaneri Sheet:Penilaṉ-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS. Penela: Soap-berry plant, Sapindus emarginatus (Sinhala, Clough); Pūvanti: soap nut (Tamil, DED 4370)
Āṉai-cuṭṭa-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Kirimicci-ōṭaik-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS. Kirimicci: a tree
Kol-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Puḷiyaṭi-marutaṅ-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Mutu-kallu-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS. The place has a rock and archaeological ruins
Kaṅkāṇa-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Vatiri-Muṉ-mārik-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Putuk-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Periya-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Pirappaṭik-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Nelli-veṭṭiṉa-kuḷam: Aḻiñcilpottāṉai, Vakaneri OIS
Karampai-veḷik-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Putu-veḷik-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Vallaṉ-vala-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Ālaṅ-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Uṇa-vala-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Karuṅ-kāṭu-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Īccaṅ-kāṭu-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Iḷukohi-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Mūva-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Ciṟikēta-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Ciṅkara-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Kōrai-veḷik-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Mā-vaṭṭuvāṉ-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Ampu-villuk-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Koṭṭuk-kiṇaṟu-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Īccaṅ-kāṭṭuk-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Koḷahanā-veḷik-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Kal-malaik-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Ampalaṉ-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Kirimeṭṭiyā-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Vēlaṅ-kātṭuk-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Viṭattal-kāṭṭuk-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Pellaṉ-vala-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Mīyaṉ-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Cīvali-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
Kumpuṟu-tīvuk-kuḷam: Vakaneri OIS
* * *Batticaloa Sheet:Perumā-veḷik-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Putu-veḷik-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Paḻaiya-veḷik-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Tāmaraik-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Cēṉai-veḷik-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Paṉ-kuṭā-veḷik-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Koṭṭuk-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Kōviṟ-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Iṭaik-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Kaṭukkāy-muṉaik-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Paṭaiyāṇṭa-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Paḻaṅ-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Kuñcil-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Periya-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Kirāḷaiyār-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Uṉṉiccaik-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
Kal-pottāṉaik-kuḷam: Batticaloa OIS
* * *Rukam Sheet:Cotayaṉ-kuḷam: Rukam OIS
Irala-kuḷam: Rukam OIS
Taravaik-kuḷam: Rukam OIS
Mīyaṉ-kalluk-kuḷam: Rukam OIS
Kāyāṅ-kuḷam: Rukam OIS
Tīvuk-kuḷam: Rukam OIS
* * *Kalmuṉai Sheet:Ammaṉ-kōyil-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Ciṉṉa-vaṭṭik-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Periya-vaṭṭik-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Kiṇattaṭi-vaṭṭik-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Paḻukāmam-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Vaṭṭik-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Patta-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Vaṭattāṉ-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Periya-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Muṉ-mārik-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Koṭai-mēṭu-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Āḻvāṉ-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Nocci-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Periya-kuḷam: two places, Kalmuṉai OIS
Oṭṭaṉ-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Māvaṭik-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Karayaṭik-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Vitāṉai-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Kuṟukkuk-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Karayā-veḷik-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Ciṉṉak-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Kāraiyaṭik-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Puḷiyaṅ-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Karaccai-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS. Karaccai: Karaicci
Tivulānaik-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS
Nāviyaṉ-kuḷam: Kalmuṉai OIS. Nāviyaṉ_ probably Nāvitaṉ
* * *Tirukkovil Sheet:Periya-kuḷam: Tiruokovil OIS
Poṉṉam-veḷik-kuḷam: Tiruokovil OIS
Āvaraṇak-kuḷam: Tiruokovil OIS
Vammiyaṭik-kuḷam: Tiruokovil OIS
Kōraik-kaḷappuk-kuḷam: Tiruokovil OIS
Ammāḷ-kuḷam: Tiruokovil OIS
Vaṭṭik-kuḷam: Tiruokovil OIS
Kōraik-kaḷappuk-kuḷam: Tiruokovil OIS
Karuṅkoṭit-tīvuk-kuḷam: Tiruokovil OIS
Mattalak-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam: Tiruokovil OIS
Vaṅkāmattuk-kuḷam: Tiruokovil OIS
Malaiyaṭik-kuḷam: Tiruokovil OIS
* * *Pottuvil Sheet:Muṉ-mārik-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
Ālaṭik-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
Tukkella-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
Maṭattup-puṭṭik-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
Roṭṭa-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
Ciriyalē-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
Marattaṭik-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
Cemmaṇik-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
Mentōḍaik-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
Tāmaraik-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
Paṭṭi-veḷik-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
Cērōlaik-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
Kirān-kōvaik-kuḷam: Pottuvil OIS
* * *Panama Sheet:Ṟūkam-veḷik-kuḷam: Panama OIS
* * *Kuderamalai Sheet:Pūk-kuḷam: Kuderamalai OIS
Ilavaṅ-kuḷam: Kuderamalai OIS
* * *Kalpitti Sheet:Cambuk-kuḷam: Etalai, Kalpitti OIS
* * *Puttaḷam Sheet:Tāmaraik-kuḷam: Puttalam OIS
Nāpataṉ-kuḷam: Puttalam OIS
Pottuk-kuḷam: Puttalam OIS
Pattaimēṉik-kuḷam: Puttalam OIS. Pattaimēṉi: probably the same as Kuppai-mēṉi: Acalypha indica (Tamil, DED 1737)
Kokkiccāṉ-kuḷam: Mahakumbukkadawala, Puttalam OIS
* * *Kuḷam: other sourcesKuḷap-piṭṭi: Kokkuvil, Jaffna
Uṭumpaṉ-kuḷam: Thirukkoyil, Amparai (TN, 13. 08.13). Uṭumpu: iguana, Varanus bengalensis (Tamil, DED 592)
Kontakkāran-kuḷam: Vavuniya (HAM records). Kontakkāran: palanquin bearer; from Kuntam
* * * 
An example of a small ku'lam, showing the catchment area, tank, bund and the cultivation fields. Ilamaruthangku'lam in Vavuniyaa district. [Satellite image courtesy: Google Earth]
* * *
Revised: Friday, 07 April 2017, 21:00
Revised: Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 20:16
First published: Saturday, 30 June 2007, 01:00
Previous columns: