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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 2 — The Frog in the Queen’s Nose

H. (Henry) Parker translation

Kaḍappuliyā, apparently derived from the Tamil words kaḍam, grave-yard, and pil̤ei, to escape. The Tamil word would be kaḍappil̤eiyār, he (hon) who escaped from the grave-yard. Compare veḍippulayā (for veḍippil̤eiyār), one who escaped from shooting (The Veddas, by Dr. and Mrs. C. G. Seligmann, p. 196). ↑

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