Nilgiri etymology : List with all references

Proto-Nilgiri : *Sōv-

Meaning : to become tired

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : cōv- (cōt-)

Number in DED : 2884

Proto-South Dravidian : *sōr-/*sōl-

Meaning : to be loose; tired

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cōr (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to become loose (as rings), grow slack (as a grip), slip off or down (as clothes); languish, droop, be prostrate or relaxed (as the limbs in sleep), be weary, exhausted, faint, swoon, totter, be emaciated, wither

Tamil derivates : cōrvu languishing, drooping, weakness, carelessness

Malayalam : cōruka

Malayalam meaning : to slip through or down

Kannada : sōr

Kannada meaning : to be or become loose or slack; n. state of being loose, dangling

Kannada derivates : jōl to be or become loose or slack; make loose; n. slackness, looseness; sōlu to fall off in respect to vigour

Kodagu : cōl- (cōp-, cōt-)

Kodagu meaning : to become tired

Proto-Nilgiri : *Sōv-

Notes : The forms with inlaut -l- certainly go back to a different root, but both forms have been so seriously contaminated that it's impossible to distinguish between them. Kannada jōl- through contamination with jōl- 'to hang, dangle'.

Number in DED : 2884

Proto-Dravidian : *sōl-

Meaning : loose, slack; to faint

Proto-South Dravidian: *sōr-/*sōl-

Proto-Telugu : *sōl- (?)

Proto-Telugu : *sōl-

Meaning : to be faint, swoon, reel, stagger

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : sōlu

Additional forms : Also sōlinta fainting; sorugu to faint, swoon; n. fainting, swoon; solayu to faint, swoon, languish; solapu fainting, swoon; solimiḍi fainting, swooning;(??) colayu to hesitate, shrink

Number in DED : 2884

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