Proto-Nilgiri : *kaṇä
Meaning : knife
Kota : kaṇkeyt, kaṇkīt "sickle (i. e. handle + katy knife)"
Toda : kaṇ koty "dagger-shaped knife burned with corpse (cf. 1204)"
Additional forms : Also Toda kaṇ ob knife used in child's hair-cutting ceremony (cf. 178)
Number in DED : 1166
Proto-South Dravidian : *kaṇ-
Meaning : arrow; stick
Tamil : kaṇai
Tamil meaning : arrow, wooden handle (of a hoe, a pickaxe, or other tool), curved pole of a palnquin, shin
Tamil derivates : kaṇai-kkāl shin, main stem of a flower; kaṇai-kkai forearm; kaṇaiyam club, post; kaṇicci battle-axe, pickaxe, goad
Malayalam : kaṇa
Malayalam meaning : small stick, shaft, hilt, handle, arrow, small bamboo branch, bamboo
Malayalam derivates : kaṇayam spear, club; kaṇicci battle-axe, hatchet; kaṇaŋkāl, kaṇakkāl shinbone, calf of leg; kaṇaŋkai forearm
Kannada : kaṇe, kaṇa, gaṇa
Kannada meaning : stick, arrow
Kannada derivates : kaṇakāl, gaṇakāl shinbone
Tulu : kaṇe
Tulu meaning : a slender bamboo branch, quill of a porcupine
Tulu derivates : kaṇelụ small branch of a tree, thick end of grass or straw; gaṇè pole, staff, arrow
Number in DED : 1166
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