The senkotti Yazh had a resonator which,
most likely, was covered with a wooden plank and its kotu( comparable to the danda) seems to have been a straight tube instead of a curved one; it had seventeen strings.
A Yazh( Possible reconstruc- tion after Tamil Kalaikazhanjiyam) hunter who made a bow out of the hollow branch of a kumizh tree, tied
a hempen rope to it and to the accompaniment of this vil Yazh roamed happily singing the kunrinji pann.
On the other hand Yazh has also been termed as the veenai, for example the makara Yazh
which was also known as the makara veenai, and this lands us back in a hazy situation where we are not in a position to decide on the' Aryan- ness' or otherwise of the ancient Tamil instruments.