Nilgiri etymology : List with all references

Proto-Nilgiri : *kaṛ-ĭ-

Meaning : distant; to disappear

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kanāṛ- (obl. kanāṭ-) "distant place where no one lives (i. e. ka- + nāṛ)"

Toda : koḍy- (koḍs-) "(period of time) passes, disappear from sight, pass successfully over all the difficulties of life"

Additional forms : Also Kota kavc- (kavc-) to finish (ceremony); Toda koḍy- (koḍc-) to disappear from sight, die; koḍc- (koḍč-) to make dispppear, chase out of sight, drive (buffalo) over hill, finish funeral

Notes : Kota kavc- is somewhat dubious.

Number in DED : 1356

Proto-South Dravidian : *kaẓ-i-

Meaning : to pass, slip away; to defecate

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kaẓi (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to pass (as time, season), slip away (as prosperity, adversity), elapse, become spent, be ruined, expire, die, finish, come to an end, be discharged (as excreta)

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to reject, discard, separate, abandon, deduct, cut off (hair, nails), prune, spend or waste (as time), void (excreta); kaẓiccal diarrhoea; kaẓical that which is rejected; kaẓintār deceased persons, poor or destitute persons; kaẓippu (kaẓippi-) to spend, pass (as time), complete; n. expulsion, rejection, that which is cast aside; kaẓiyal departing, that which is cast away; kaẓivu passing (as time), leaving (as a place), discharging (as from the bowels), waste, refuse, deduction, death, destruction; kaẓal (kaẓalv-, kaẓan_r_-) to pass away, disappear, be extended

Malayalam : kaẓiyuka

Malayalam meaning : to pass, be spent, be over, live

Malayalam derivates : kaẓikka to make to pass, pass time, live, die, kill; kaẓiccal diarrhoea; kaẓippu what is rejected

Kannada : kaẓi

Kannada meaning : to go or be removed very far, pass away, end, die; make to pass, purge; n. going far, a great distance

Kannada derivates : kaẓipu to cause to go away, remove; pass or move over, cross; kaẓivu ending, etc.; kaẓalisu, kaẓalcu to put aside, lose; kaḷe, kaḷi to send forth, abandon, reject, spend (as time and money), leave behind

Kodagu : kayy- (kayyuv-, kayñj-)

Kodagu meaning : (time) passes

Kodagu derivates : kay- (kayp-, kayc-) to pass (time); perform (ceremony)

Tulu : kariyuni

Tulu meaning : to elapse, expire, pass (as time)

Tulu derivates : karipuni to deduct, subtract, spend, remove; karipè, karipelụ deduction; kaḷeyuni, kaḷevuni to lapse, pass (as time), be spent (as money); kalevuni to be deducted; kalepini, kalepuni to subtract, deduct

Proto-Nilgiri : *kaṛ-ĭ-

Miscellaneous : KOR (M) kaḷe, (T) kale to remove

Number in DED : 1356

Proto-Dravidian : *kaẓ-[c-]

Meaning : 1 to defecate 2 to pass

Proto-South Dravidian: *kaẓ-i-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kaj- (?)

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kaṛc-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kaj-

Meaning : to defecate

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Parji : kay- (kañ-)

Number in DED : 1356

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kaṛc-

Meaning : to defecate

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Konda : kaṛs- (-t-)

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *kaṛc-

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *Kṛah-

Konda : kaṛs- (-t-)

Meaning: to evacuate the bowels

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Number in DED : 1356

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *kaṛc-

Meaning : to evacuate the bowels

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : kṛac- (-c-)

Manda : gṛah-

Number in DED : 1356

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *Kṛah-

Meaning : to excrete

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : kṛahpa (kṛaht-) "to evacuate the bowels"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : grāssali (grāst-) "to void dung"

Sunkarametta Kuwi : gṛah- (gṛast-)

Notes : The initial consonant is impossible to determine, although external data points to initial *k-. The same voicening occurs in *kṛāu.

Number in DED : 1356

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