KURUMBAS
and KURUBAS, aboriginal tribes of See also:southern See also:India, by some thought to be of distinct races
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There are two types of Kurumbas, those who live on the Nilgiri See also:plateau, speak the Kurumba See also:dialect and are See also:mere savages; and those who live in 'the plains, speak See also:Kanarese and are civilized
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The former are a 'small See also:people, with See also:wild matted See also:hair and scanty See also:- BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
- BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)
beard, sickly-looking, pot-bellied, large-mouthed, with projecting jaws,prominent See also:teeth and thick lips
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Their villages are called motias, See also:groups of four or five huts, built in See also:mountain glens or forests
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At the 1901 See also:census the See also:numbers were returned at 4083
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See See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James W
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Breeks, An See also:Account of See also:Primitive Tribes of the See also:Nilgiris (1873) ; Dr See also:John Shortt, See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill Ranges of Southern India, pt. i
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47–53; Rev
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F
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See also:Metz, Tribes Inhabiting the Neilgherry Hills (See also:Mangalore, 1864)
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