Nilgiri etymology : List with all references

Proto-Nilgiri : *tuṇḍ

Meaning : piece; cloth worn from armpits to knees by Badaga woman (< Badaga tuṇḍu)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : tuṇḍ

Toda : tuḍ

Number in DED : 3310

Proto-South Dravidian : *tunḍ-

Meaning : piece; to cut

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : tuṇṭam

Tamil meaning : piece, fragment, bit, slice, small piece of cloth, section, division, compartment, small plot of field, piece of fish-meat

Tamil derivates : tuṇṭi (-pp-, -tt-) to cut, sever, tear up, divide, separate, cut short one's words, speak in few words, dispute, disprove, rebuke; be cut off, detached, broken; n. detached piece of high land left waste; tuṇṭu piece, bit, fragment, slice, section, division, strip, chit, ticket, small piece of cloth, towel

Malayalam : tuṇṭam

Malayalam meaning : piece, bit, slice

Malayalam derivates : tuṇṭikka to cut to pieces, cut off as the throat

Kannada : tuṇḍisu

Kannada meaning : to cut or break into pieces, make piecemeal

Kannada derivates : tuṇḍu fragment, piece, bit, a little

Kodagu : tuṇḍ- (tuṇḍi-)

Kodagu meaning : to break (intr.; thread, rope, flower-stem, tip)

Kodagu derivates : tuṇḍɨ piece

Tulu : tuṇḍu, suṇḍu

Tulu meaning : piece, slice

Proto-Nilgiri : *tuṇḍ

Number in DED : 3310

Proto-Dravidian : *tunḍ-

Meaning : piece (of cloth)

Proto-South Dravidian: *tunḍ-

Proto-Telugu : *tunṭ-/*tunḍ-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *tunḍ-

Proto-Telugu : *tunṭ-/*tunḍ-

Meaning : piece, fragment

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : tuṇṭa

Dialectal forms (1) : tuṇḍamu

Additional forms : Also tuṇḍincu to cut, sever; [1] tuṇḍu, [2] tuṇḍe, [3] tuṇḍemu piece

Number in DED : 3310

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *tunḍ-

Meaning : piece of cloth

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Parji : ṭunḍa "strip of cloth used as bandage"

Number in DED : 3310

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