Nilgiri etymology : List with all references

Proto-Nilgiri : *ner_-ĭ

Meaning : sari worn by goddesses and nymphs

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : ner_y

Number in DED : 2935

Proto-South Dravidian : *ner_-i-

Meaning : fold; wavy

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ner_i (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to be wavy, curly (as the hair of a person)

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to contract (as the brows in anger), curl in ringlets (as hair); n. bend, curve, turning of the road, curliness of hair; ner_ippu knitting of the brows

Malayalam : ñer_i

Malayalam meaning : fold, tuck

Malayalam derivates : ñer_iyuka to tuck or fold a cloth, esp. as for idols; wrinkle, frown; ner_ivu folded front of a Musulman's gown

Kannada : ner_i, nir_i, ner_ige, nir_ige, nar_ige, ner_e, nīr_ige

Kannada meaning : foldings, folds of a garment, as of a dōtra or sīre, to be tucked into the waistband in front, plaits or folds made by drawing a thread through cloth, gathers

Tulu : neri, nerige

Tulu meaning : a fold or gather in clothes, wrinkle, crease

Proto-Nilgiri : *ner_-ĭ

Number in DED : 2935

Proto-Dravidian : *ner_-i (*-d_-)

Meaning : fold (n.)

Proto-South Dravidian: *ner_-i-

Proto-Telugu : *ner_-i

Meaning : the longitudinal folds of the lower cloth worn round the loins, hair, tresses, ringlets or curls of hair, crookedness, curvedness; crooked, curved

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : ner_i

Additional forms : Also neri crookedness; ner_ika petticoat

Number in DED : 2935

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