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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *ar-ǝk-
Meaning : (father) refuses to repay daughter's bride-price
Kota : ark- (arky-)
Number in DED : 223
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-kota,ktet-dednum,
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *ar[u]-k-
Meaning : not to be willing to pay
Tamil : arukku (arukki-)
Tamil meaning : to show disinclination in a bargain
Tamil derivates : arukkāṇi reluctance to accommodate, closeness in a bargain
Notes : Burrow & Emeneau suggest relationship with *ari 'tax', but this is hardly possible, as the resulting derivative would rather mean 'to tax smb., make one pay'. I would rather view these items as a peculiar semantic shift from *ar- 'rare, scarce' (cf. Tam. arukku 'to make scarce, reduce', possibly > 'to bargain, be miserly'?). Number in DED : 0223
sdret-meaning,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-kt,sdret-notes,sdret-dednum,
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