Munda Clans

Munda Clans

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.

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

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