Nilgiri etymology : List with all references

Proto-Nilgiri : *iṛ-ǝg- (*īg-)

Meaning : to descend

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : īx- (īxy-)

Additional forms : Also Toda īk- (īky-) to put down (burden)

Number in DED : 502

Proto-South Dravidian : *iẓ-i-

Meaning : to descend, fall

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : iẓi (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to descend, dismount, fall, drop down, be reduced in circumstances, be inferior

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to lower, let down, degrade, despise; iẓiccu (iẓicci-) to lower, let down, degrade, despise; iẓiccu (iẓicci-) to lower, let down, remit (as taxes); iẓippu contemptuous treatment; iẓipu, iẓivu inferiority, disgrace, decrease, hollow, pit

Malayalam : iẓika

Malayalam meaning : to descend

Malayalam derivates : iẓikka to lower, take down; iẓivu going down, sinking; iẓuka to fall, sink; iẓal remissness, defect; iḷiyuka to descend, get down

Kannada : iẓi (iẓid-)

Kannada meaning : to come down, descend, alight, go down, set (as the sun), become less, subside, be depressed or humbled, become lean

Kannada derivates : iẓa, iẓi, iẓu coming down, descending, being depressed, being humbled, declining, abating; iẓaku, iẓiku, iẓuku to cause to go down, lower, go down, incline; iẓakisu to cause to lower, etc.; iẓata, iẓita descending, inclining; iẓike descent, humbled condition; iẓipu, iẓapu, iẓupu to cause to descend, let down, lower; iẓiyuvike descending

Kodagu : ɨḷi- (ɨḷiv-, ɨḷiñj-)

Kodagu meaning : to descend, get ready

Kodagu derivates : ɨlɨp- (ɨḷɨpi-), (Mercara) ɨ̄p- (ɨ̄pi-) to lower, get (bullocks) out of shed; ? aḷa- (-p-, -t-) to sit down (? < *iṛay-)

Tulu : iliyuni

Tulu meaning : to fall, tumble, come down

Tulu derivates : iriyuni to fall, drop (as fruits, leaves); iri abatement of intoxication

Proto-Nilgiri : *iṛ-ǝg- (*īg-)

Number in DED : 0502

Proto-Dravidian : *iẓi-

Meaning : to fall, descend

Proto-South Dravidian: *iẓ-i-

Proto-Telugu : *ḍi-g-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *iṛi-k-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *iḍi-

Proto-Telugu : *ḍi-g-

Meaning : to alight, descend, decrease

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : ḍigu

Additional forms : Also ḍiggu, (K. also) diggu to descend; digu to descend, alight, dismount, be unladen or disembarked, be distilled, fall in drops, penetrate, become less, abate; digudala descending, descent, decline; a lower region or part; digumati disembarkation, unshipment; diguva lower place or part; lower, inferior; down, below, under; diga down; [1] ḍigiya, [2] ḍiggiya a well with steps descending into it; ḍiŋku to die; [1] ḍincu, [2] dincu, [3] ḍimpu, [4] dimpu, [5] digucu to lower, let down, put down, decrease, unload, disembark, distil; ḍindu to sink, fall, droop, submit, die; n. defeat, fall, subjection; (B.) ḍiŋki a fall in wrestling

Number in DED : 502

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *iṛi-k-

Meaning : to descend

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kolami : dig- (dikt-) "to descend, come down from a height"

Kinwat Kolami : ḍigg- "to descend, come down from a height"

Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : ḍig-, dig- "to descend, come down from a height"

Naikri : ḍigg-

Naiki : ḍik-/ḍig-, ḍigul-/ḍigl-

Parji : iṛ-, iṛv-, (S) iṛi-

Ollari Gadba : iṛg- "to descend, (sun, moon) sets"

Salur Gadba : iḍg- "to descend, dismount"

Additional forms : Also Kolami dip- (dipt-), digip- (digipt-) to make to come down from a height; Naikri ḍipp- to make to descend; Naiki ḍigap-, ḍigup-/ḍigp- to make to descend; Parji iṛkip- (iṛkit-) to make to descend, put down (burden); Ollari iṛigp- (iṛigt-) to make to descend

Number in DED : 502

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *iḍi-

Meaning : to fall, descend

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *ḍig-

Konda : ḍig- (-it-)

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *dī-

Notes : Irregular PK *d- (although Winfield has both d- and ḍ- in Kui). Gondi and Konda show an old suffix *-k-.

Proto-Gondi : *ḍig-

Meaning : to descend

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Koya Gondi : ḍig-

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : ḍigānā

Number in DED : 502

Number in CVOTGD : 1562

Konda : ḍig- (-it-)

Meaning: to descend, dismount; drip down (as oil from oil-press, flour from grinding-stone, etc.)

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Additional forms : Also Konda ḍip- to cause to descend or come down, put or take down; to leave

Number in DED : 502

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *dī-

Meaning : to fall

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : dīva (dīt-) "to fall, drop, fall down from, descend upon, occur"

Dongriya Kuwi : dī- (-t-)

Additional forms : Also Kui pl. action dīpka (dīpki-); dippa (dipt-) to set down, put a pot on the fire

Number in DED : 502

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