Kui-Kuwi etymology : List with all references

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *vrāc-

Meaning : to make marks; to write

Kui : vrīsa (vrīsi-) "to make an incision, furrow or mark, scratch, write, plough, cut up flesh; n. writing"

Kuwi (Schulze) : rācinai "to write, paint, record"

Kuwi (Israel) : rāc- (-it-) "to write"

Additional forms : Also Kui pl. action vrīska (vrīski-); Kuwi_S rāskinai to limn (pl. action of rāc-); ? brīnai to draw

Notes : Kui vocalism is irregular, but external data points to original *-a-; we may suppose analogisation with vrīva 'to break up'.

Number in DED : 5263

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *var-as-

Meaning : to write

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *varās-

Konda : rās- (-t-)

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *vrāc-

Notes : Bisyllabic root.

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *varās-

Meaning : to puncture; to write

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : varsānā "to puncture (with the point of a sickle)"

Koya Gondi : rās- "to write"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : rāsānā "to write"

Maria Gondi (Lind) : varasānā "to write"

Chanda Gondi : rasāna "to write"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_L varasaval writer, scribe

Number in DED : 5263

Number in CVOTGD : 3029, 3191

Konda etymology :

Konda : rās- (-t-)

Meaning: to write

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Number in DED : 5263

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *var-a-

Meaning : to scratch, write

Proto-South Dravidian: *var-

Proto-Telugu : *vrā-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *var-aj-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *var-as-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *var-

Meaning : to write; to draw

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : vari (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to write, paint, draw

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to write, paint, draw, adorn, decorate; n. line, streak, stripe, course (as of bricks), line (as of writing), row; varai (-v-, -nt-) to write, inscribe, paint, draw; n. line, wrinkle; varaippu writing; varaivu id., painting

Malayalam : vara

Malayalam meaning : line, streak, furrow, wrinkle

Malayalam derivates : varekka to make lines, rule a page, write; varaccal drawing lines, being wrinkled; varayuka, variyuka to draw lines; vari line, rule, row

Kannada : bare, bari

Kannada meaning : to write, draw

Kannada derivates : bare writing, lines or stripes; barepa, barapa, baraha, barā, barāvu writing, drawing, writ, scripture, written letters; barasu, barisu, bareyisu, baresu to cause to write, have written; barcaṇe paint, colour; barcisu to paint, colour

Kodagu : bare

Kodagu meaning : stripe, brand-mark, burn made on body in illness

Tulu : baripuni

Tulu meaning : to gash, cut, scratch, trim as the border of a field

Tulu derivates : barè branding the arm (in certain diseases); bareta line, mark, scar, weal, stripe; barepini to write, draw; barepāvuni to dictate, cause to write; barāvu writing, manuscript, learning

Proto-Nilgiri : *var-ăv-

Number in DED : 5263

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *var-ăv-

Meaning : to write

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : varv- (vard-)

Toda : par- (parɵ-)

Additional forms : Also Kota var letter of alphabet; scar; Toda par writing, life-line in hand

Number in DED : 5263

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *vrā-

Meaning : to write, inscribe, compose, draw, paint, delineate

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : vrāyu

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : rāyu, rāsu

Additional forms : Also (K) rāśi gerund, having marked (boundaries) (inscr. A.D. 1310); vrā̃ta writing, handwriting; vrā̃takā̃ḍu writer, clerk; vrāyasamu writing, letter, note; rāyasamu clerkship; vrāyi letter of the alphabet, writing, line; vrāyincu to cause to be written; vrālu writing, handwriting; varuju to draw or mark a line with a sharp instrument on a plank, etc.; (K) variyu to test metal on the touchstone

Number in DED : 5263