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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kir-

Meaning : ear

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kir-ɣu

Notes : This extremely interesting root deserves a detailed commentary. The standard Dravidian root for ear is *kev- (DEDR 1977, see PGn *kev-). The PK form for 'ear' thus stands isolated, the only obvious decent comparison being Tulu ceraḍu 'ear', which is, moreover, dialectal and partly irregular (palatalisation *k- > c- in Tulu is a rare and uncertain thing). In [Burrow 1944] both roots were compared with the Uralic forms for 'ear', especially Finnish korva, etc., and it was concluded that both date back to PDR *kervi. This, however, seems highly unprobable. Loss of -r- everywhere but in Kui-Kuwi is an extremely strange and unique phenomenon, especially considering that not even a single trace of it was preserved in neither of the SDR languages (where we could at least expect some sort of gemination, like Tamil *cevvi instead of cevi). Much more probable is the connection of the PK form with the Dravidian words for 'ear-wax' (also discussed by T. Burrow in [Burrow 1943]). The word should be reconstructed as *kiru-pīl, 'ear-excrements', and it has undergone radical transformations in most languages, the most archaic form being Tulu kirmbilu. In most other languages the first syllable vowel was assimilated to the inlaut combination of labialized sounds (Tamil kur_umpi, PG *koṛ-ŋel, etc.); in Gondi we have the following development: *kirupīl > *korupīl > *koṛmbīl > *koṛŋīl > *koṛŋel. The general situation is thus as follows. In Early Dravidian both forms (*kir- and *kev-) were co-existent, although the difference between them is unclear. Later the form *kir- was in most dialects completely replaced by the form *kev- and survived as an archaism only in PK (and in Tulu?). The original derivative *kirupīl survived, but in most dialects it was modified beyond recognition, especially since the origins of its derivation became lost.

Proto-Gondi : *kor-ŋeḷ

Meaning : ear-wax

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : korangeḍ

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : korangeḍ

Maria Gondi : koṛŋguli

Seoni Gondi : gūnju

Koya Gondi : kornjūl (Su.)

Mandla Gondi : korveli

Chindwara Gondi : koṛŋgel

Adilabad Gondi : korekal

Number in DED : 1855

Number in CVOTGD : 924, 1170

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kir-ɣu

Meaning : ear

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : kriu (pl. krīka), kiru "ear; (K.) earwax"

Khuttia Kui : kriu pejaŋa

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : kiryū (pl. kīrka)

Kuwi (Schulze) : kriyu

Sunkarametta Kuwi : krĩyyu

Parja Kuwi : kiru

Kuwi (Israel) : kriyũ

Additional forms : Also Kuwi_F kirpejja, Kuwi_Su kirpeja, Kuwi_Mah kirkūru earwax

Notes : The fact that in PK there was no initial cluster is proved by compound words with no suffixal -y-. In the noun itself, however, this suffix produced various modifications: the most common is metathese for the elimination of an uncommon cluster: *kir-y-u > *kri-y-u. The nasalisation is not quite clear; maybe in some dialects there appeared a secondary -n- in between two other resonants: *kir-y-u > *kir-n-y-u, etc. Similar development in *piṛyu.

Number in DED : 1977

Proto-Dravidian : *kir-

Meaning : ear

Proto-South Dravidian: *kir_umb-

Proto-Telugu : *gub-il-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *gir-(u)b

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kir-

Proto-South Dravidian : *kir_umb-

Meaning : ear-wax

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kur_umpi

Tamil meaning : ear-wax; excretion of the body, as urine and faeces

Kannada : kur_ugaṇi, kūkaṇi, kūgaṇi, kūgaṭe, koggu, gugge

Kannada meaning : ear-wax

Tulu : kirmbilụ, kirmbillụ

Tulu meaning : ear-wax

Number in DED : 1855

Proto-Telugu : *gub-il-

Meaning : earwax

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : gubili

Dialectal forms (1) : gulibi

Dialectal forms (2) : gulimi

Number in DED : 1855

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *gir-(u)b

Meaning : ear-wax

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Parji : girub

Additional forms : Also Parji (?) korñ- to scrape wax out of ear

Number in DED : 1855

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