Brahui etymology :

Brahui : kub-ēn

Meaning : heavy

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Number in DED : 2677

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *k̂um-

Meaning : headpad; to carry (on head)

Proto-South Dravidian: *cum-

Proto-Telugu : *cum-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ćum-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *Cum-ad_

Proto-North Dravidian : *kum-

Brahui : kub-ēn

Notes : The Central Dravidian forms are dubious here and may be borrowed from South Dravidian (the phonetical correspondences are not quite regular).

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *cum-

Meaning : heavy; to carry

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cuma (-pp-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to become heavy as debt or interest, be burdened; bear, support, carry a burden, take upon oneself, bear in the womb

Tamil derivates : (Tinn.) cema to carry; cummaṭu burden, load, load pad for head; cumatalai, cumaitalai burden, responsibility; cumati load, burden, abundance; cumattu (cumatti-) to burden, load, impose; cumai bearing, burden, load; cumaiyan_ porter; cummāṭu load pad for head; cummai burden, charge; cimpuri coil of straw used for keeping steady a vessel, load, etc., as on the ground or head

Malayalam : cuma

Malayalam meaning : burden, load

Malayalam derivates : cumakka to carry a burden; cumaṭu, cōṭu burden, load; cumatala charge, duty; cumattuka to load, charge; cummal load; cummāṭu pad for head to carry burdens; cummuka to bear, carry

Kannada : simbi, simbe

Kannada meaning : ring of cloth to be put under a vessel, etc., upon the head; a coil for setting a vessel on the ground; the coil of a snake

Kannada derivates : sivaḍu, sivaḍi, sivuḍi, sivuḍu pad to be put under a load on the head ? (Hav.) tōmpaṭa carrying on the head (or with DED 3540)

Tulu : tumbuni, (B-K) tumbu, sumbu, humbu

Tulu meaning : to bear, carry as a load

Tulu derivates : tumbāvuni to load; tumboṇuni, tummoṇuni to bear or suffer, be patient

Proto-Nilgiri : *tam- (?)

Miscellaneous : BEL (LSB) simbɨ to carry

Number in DED : 2677

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *tam-

Meaning : carrying pad

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : tamṭ

Number in DED : 2677

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *cum-

Meaning : carrying pad (pāta cloth)

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : cumma

Dialectal forms (1) : cumpāta

Number in DED : 2677

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ćum-

Meaning : head-pad

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Naikri : cumma "pad on head for carrying"

Parji : cumṭal "carrying pad on head"

Poya Gadba : sumṭal "head-pad for carrying loads"

Number in DED : 2677

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *cum-ad_

Meaning : headpad

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *cumaR

Konda : simbor_i

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *cumaR

Meaning : head-pad for carrying loads

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : summār

Muria Gondi : hummar

Maria Gondi : umar̨

Seoni Gondi : hummar

Koya Gondi : umar

Chindwara Gondi : summar

Adilabad Gondi : cumār (SR)

Number in DED : 2677

Number in CVOTGD : 3442

Konda etymology :

Konda : simbor_i

Meaning: head-pad for carrying loads

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Additional forms : Also Konda suma a cloth rolled into a pad

Number in DED : 2677

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *kum-

Meaning : to carry on head

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : kumʔnā "to take and carry on head, make oneself responsible for, confess, be pregnant as result of a fault"

Malto : kume "to take upon one's head, accept terms, take charge of"

Number in DED : 2677

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