Munda Clans
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Munda Clans consists of the different subgroups into which the Munda tribes have been divided. The names of the clans have been mostly defined with objects associated with the tribal group.
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 Munda Clans consists of almost 106 clans of the tribal group. Some of them have clear meanings, while others carry doubtful meanings. The names of these Munda clans have been mostly defined with objects associated with the tribal group.
The Munda Tribe, residing in the Chota Nagpur Plateau in Jharkhand, adjacent parts of Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal and the hill districts of Odisha, is thought to have evolved from the South East Asia. Munda tribes are one of the largest tribes of India, but have been divided into several sub groups such as Patar, Mahali, Kampat Munda, etc.
Some of the clear meanings of the Munda clans are mentioned below:
Baba - Paddy
Bage - Probably a corrupt form of Bagh
Bale - A variety of fish
Balemucu - A fish net
Barjo - Barujo, a fruit
Barla - A tree, a recent innovation
Baru - A tree
Bengra - Bhengra, an old word meaning horse, the clan is so named because the members ate the flesh of a horse
Bhus - The Bandi root
Bhut - Either lentil or Hindi bhut (spirit)
Bodra - Connected with a story with Soderbodor, refraining the hands and mouth from ablution after meal
Bulung - Salt
Canlikutungorea - A bundle of rice suspended by a stick resting on the shoulder and carried by an Orea
Cauria - Indian rat
Cutu Purti - Mice
Dang - A pole
Danguar - Young and unmarried
Dorrae - A hole in a tree
Dungdung - A long and slender fish
Edelsanga - The tap-root of the sapling of the cotton
Gari - A monkey
Guria - A tree
Hapadgara - Hole containing leeches
Hasa - A wild potherb
Hasapurti - A kind of wild potherb
Hau - The red ant
Hemrom - A tree
Here - A bird
Holongpurti - Flour or cake
Horo - A land tortoise
Hunipurti - Rat
Jojo - A tamarind tree
Jojoar - Probably from Jojo
Jomtuti - Jom means to eat; the name means that the mother clan should not eat the grain
Jorabarjo - Descendents of Barjo family, who once cooked their meal on the fireplace of Jora (a caste of boatman)
Kalipurti - Kali means deaf
Kandir - People doing something with half a maund
Kandulna - Believed to be gold
Kaua - A crow
Korketa - A bird
Kongadi - Believed to mean an alfino crow
Kuda - A tree
Kujuri - A climbing shrub
Kula - Tiger or leopard
Kungkal - A kind of patter wasp
Lang - A bird
Langbodra - A Bodra related to Land clan
Maukal - A bird
Mundu - To introduce something in its fullest length into a hole or pit
Murum - The buck of the Nilghan
Nisha - Intoxication (derived from Hindi)
Orea - Believed to be a black jungle bird, a caste of bamboo workers
Pandomundu - Pande means the clerk of the landlord does not seem to fit in with the meaning intended
Pandu - Nag, a snake
Putam - A dove
Ramra - A pulse
Ramrabodra - A Bodra related to the Ramra clan
Runda - A wild cat
Sakiribodra - A Bodra untidy in eating
Salumaena - A bird
Sandiguria - A Guria connected with a Sandi clan existing formerly
Sandimurum - A Murum connected with a Sandi clan
Sandipurti - A person of Purti clan connected with a Sandi clan
Sandil - Believed to be a bird
Sanga -The sweet potato
Sarukadpurti - Something to do with taro plant
Singha - A Hindi word meaning horn
Sirka - A tree
Soe - Rotting or sometimes a fish, subdivisions of this clan are Tuing Soe, Jang Soe, Til
Soemurum - A rotting nilighan buck
Solesoe - A rotting fish of the sole kind
Sukuriputur Orea - Scrapping off the pig's heir by an Orea
Surin - Believed to mean a red paradise fly-catcher
Teni - A wild dog
Tao - A wild dog
Tara e ba - The flower of a jungle shrub
Tebobodra - Bodras living in the Tefo village (Singhbhum district)
Tero - Lakra, a wolf
Tilming - The plant of an oilseed
Tirki - Little brown dove
Tiru - A small, strong, young buffalo
Tirung - A bird
Tuti - A food grain
Some of the Munda clans carry doubtful meanings which are mentioned below:
Bading
Bur
Campia
Digicampia
Duduria
Dunduar
Engapurti
Ergat
Hamsai
Has
Hobo
Mundri
Lughun
Kauriar
Nagruar
Purti
Samad
Sandigarai
Sangkura
Sanguar
Tiro
Tirusanga
(Last Updated on : 16-01-2018)
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