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Brahui : aval-ēnging
Meaning : to become confused, feel embarrassed
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Number in DED : 265
braet-meaning,braet-prnum,braet-dednum,

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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *aval-
Meaning : trouble; confusion
Proto-South Dravidian: *aval-[i]
Proto-Telugu : *āvali
Brahui : aval-ēnging
Notes : The Brahui form clearly shows that the stem has to be reconstructed as a [C]VCVR-type stem for PDR. // Present in 3/6 branches.
dravet-meaning,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,dravet-bra,dravet-notes,

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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *aval-[i]
Meaning : suffering
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : avalam
Tamil meaning : suffering, pain, distress, poverty, want, sorrowing, care, anxiety, fault, sickness, disease
Tamil derivates : avali (-pp-, -tt-) to suffer, be distressed, lament, weep, be flurried; avalai pain; āvali (-pp-, -tt-) to weep, cry, lament, grieve; āvalāti complaint, grievance
Malayalam : āval
Malayalam meaning : sorrow, pain
Malayalam derivates : āvalāti vexation, grumbling, complaint
Kannada : hāvaḷi
Kannada meaning : trouble, annoyance
Tulu : hāvaḷi
Tulu meaning : trouble, difficulty, evil
Notes : The variations in vowel length are due to the "gemination resistance" of the inlaut -v-, occasionally seen in other stems of the same type, i. e. the lengthening *āval < *avval is compensatory in nature. More troublesome is the initial h- in Kannaḍa and Tulu, as well as the origins of several different vocalic stems. The most common stem seems to be the nominal form *avali (the verb avali, āvali in Tamil is clearly secondary), but Tamil also has avala-m, whereas Malayalam has a simple āval < *avval. External parallels (Telugu) show that *aval-i is the most obvious candidate for PDR status.
Number in DED : 0265
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-malder,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-notes,sdret-dednum,

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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *āvali
Meaning : trouble
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : āvali
Additional forms : Also āvaḍi trouble, danger, calamity
Number in DED : 265
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-addition,telet-dednum,

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