Nilgiri etymology : List with all references

Proto-Nilgiri : *kor_[ä]-

Meaning : to cut up wood

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : korv- (kort-) "to make fallen branch into club"

Toda : kwar_f- (kwar_t-) "to cut"

Additional forms : Also Toda kwɨc- (kwɨč-) to chop up (wood, etc.)

Notes : The stem vowel -ä- is indicated by external data. Toda kwɨc- is probably borrowed from Kannada.

Number in DED : 1859

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *kUr_-ai-

Meaning : to cut

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kur_ai (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to cut, reap; n. piece, section

Tamil derivates : kur_u (kur_uv-, kur_r_-) to pluck

Malayalam : kur_ekka

Malayalam meaning : to cut off

Kannada : kor_e, kor_i

Kannada meaning : to cut (as wood with a saw, the throat with a sword, stalks of millet), break (as a hole in a wall), bore, excavate (as running water the soil), pierce (as cold; or with DEDR 2168)

Kannada derivates : kor_i a large branch cut off from a thorn-bush; kor_e cutting, a cut-off piece (as of suagr-cane); kor_eyuvike cutting, etc.; kor_eta, kor_ata act of cutting, etc., the piercing of cold; korcu, koccu to cut away, up, or to pieces (as thorn-bushes); koccu act of or an instrument for cutting to pieces, state of being cut into pieces; koccike act of cutting or cutting up

Tulu : kudupuni

Tulu meaning : to cut, reap

Tulu derivates : kudè piece of wood; kujimbu, kujumbu a chip, fragment; kojapuni, kojepuni, kojaluni, kojiluni, kojeluni, kojelpuni to break, cut in pieces; (B-K) koccu to cut in pieces

Proto-Nilgiri : *kor_-äp-

Miscellaneous : KOR (T) kudi to saw

Number in DED : 1859

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *kud_-

Meaning : to cut, fell

Proto-South Dravidian: *kUr_-ai-

Proto-Telugu : *kōr_- (?)

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kud_-

Notes : The Telugu form (inscriptional) suggests a long vowel, if it is related here at all.

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *kōr_-

Meaning : a cut-off portion

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Inscriptional Telugu : kōr_a

Number in DED : 1859

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kud_-

Meaning : to cut

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Naiki : kutuk-/kutk- "to cut (meat)"

Parji : kud- (kutt-), (NE) kuḍ- (kuṭṭ-) "to cut; to kindle fire by bamboo stick"

Kondekor Gadba : kuy-

Number in DED : 1859