Kolami-Gadba etymology : List with all references

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ńīnd- (*0-)

Meaning : to swim

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : īnd-

Number in DED : 3687

Proto-Dravidian : *ńīnʒ-

Meaning : to swim

Proto-South Dravidian: *ńīnc- (?)

Proto-Telugu : *īnd-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ńīnd- (*0-)

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *īnt-

Notes : If the PKG form goes back to *īnʒ-, the anlaut n- in SDR (which is not shared by all SDR languages - Kannada, for instance, has zero anlaut) is secondary.

Proto-South Dravidian : *ńīnc- (?)

Meaning : to swim

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : nīntu (nīnti-)

Tamil meaning : to swim in water, overflow, swim across, cross over, escape from, get over, overcome; n. ocean

Tamil derivates : nīttam flood, depth, sea, abundance; nīttu swimming, water of swimming depth, flood; nīccu swimming, flood, swimming depth as of water; nīccan_, nīccāḷ swimmer; nīñcu = nīntu vb.; to be actively engaged as in a stupendous work, drink to excess, esp. toddy

Malayalam : nīntuka

Malayalam meaning : to swim, sprawl on the ground or in the water

Malayalam derivates : nīntam, nīntal swimming; nīntikka to make to swim

Kannada : īsu, īju, hīju

Kannada meaning : to swim; n. (also īsa) swimming

Kannada derivates : ījisu to make swim (as a horse)

Kodagu : mīnd- (mīndi-)

Kodagu meaning : to swim

Tulu : īcuni, ījuni

Tulu meaning : to swim

Tulu derivates : nīnduni to swim, float; nīndāvuni to set afloat, cause to swim; nīndāṭa swimming, floating

Proto-Nilgiri : *nīnʒ-

Miscellaneous : KOR (O) mīndɨ to swim

Notes : A unique cluster in this root, reflected as -nd-, -nc- and -s-.

Number in DED : 3687

Proto-Nilgiri : *nīnʒ-

Meaning : to swim

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nīnj- (nīnj-), nīciḍ- (nīciṭ-)

Toda : nīʒ- (nīj-), nīd- (nīdy-), nīs- (nīsy-)

Notes : Toda shows alternative phonetic variants of the stem: *nīnd- and *nīs-.

Number in DED : 3687

Proto-Telugu : *īnd-

Meaning : to swim

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : ī̃du

Additional forms : Also ī̃dulāḍu to swim, hang; ī̃ta swimming; ī̃takā̃ḍu swimmer

Number in DED : 3687

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *īnt-

Meaning : to swim

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *īnt-

Meaning : to swim

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Seoni Gondi : ītar-

Koya Gondi : īnta "swimming"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Ko (Su.) īnd- to swim

Number in DED : 3687

Number in CVOTGD : 209

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