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North Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-North-Dravidian : *amṛī
Meaning : water in which rice has been cooked
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kurukh : amṛī, amḍī, ambṛī
Number in DED : 174
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *ámbali
Meaning : rice-water; rice gruel
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *ambali
Proto-Telugu : *ambali
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ambal
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ambeli
Proto-North Dravidian : *amṛī
Notes : The presence of the root in North Dravidian clearly validates its PDR status (otherwise one could argue that all Central Dravidian languages - as well as some South Dravidian ones - have borrowed the form from Telugu). // Present in 5/6 branches.
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *ambali
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : amalai
Tamil meaning : boiled rice
Tamil derivates : ampali porridge, esp. of rāgi (< Te.)
Kannada : ambali, ambakaḷa, ambila, ambuli, amli
Kannada meaning : pap or porridge made of jōḷa, rice, or rāgi, with buttermilk (also tamarind) generally added
Tulu : ambuli
Tulu meaning : pap or gruel of rāgi or rice
Proto-Nilgiri : *a[m]bel-
Notes : In DEDR Tam. ampali is marked as a borrowing from Telugu ambali. Regardless of whether this is correct, the alternate Tam. form amalai cannot be a regular correspondence, because -ai <> Tel. -i and -m- <> Tel. -mb-; we can only consider it a dialectal irregular variant. Kan. ambakaḷa < *ambal-kaḷa; for the second part of the compound cf., perhaps, Tel. kali (< *kaḷi) 'water in which rice has been washed'. The alternate explanation from *amba-kaḷa, without the final resonant, is much more dubious in the light of external data.
Number in DED : 0174
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *a[m]bel-
Meaning : watery mess of rice, rāgi, etc.
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Toda : obely
Number in DED : 174
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *ambali
Meaning : porridge, pap
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : ambali
Additional forms : Also ambakaḷamu id.
Number in DED : 174
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ambal
Meaning : cooked rice
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kolami : aṁbāl (Haig) "food"
Kinwat Kolami : amba
Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : vallambā "rice (val rice)"
Naikri : ambal "boiled rice"
Notes : Loss of final -l in several Kolami dialects is absotely regular.
Number in DED : 174
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ambeli
Meaning : porridge, gruel
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *ambili
Konda : ambeli
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ambeli
Notes : The Proto-Gondwan character of this root is dubious, especially since the regular reflex of PDR *-mb- in Gondi is -m-. Some, or all of the forms, could have been re-borrowed from Telugu.
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *ambili
Meaning : gruel, pej
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Yeotmal Gondi : ambil
Number in DED : 174
Number in CVOTGD : 65
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : ambeli
Meaning: porridge prepared with ḍēra (Eleusina coracana)
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Number in DED : 174
konet-meaning,konet-prnum,konet-dednum,

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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ambeli
Meaning : porridge prepared with ragi flour
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kuwi (Israel) : ambeli
Number in DED : 174
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *jAMV
Meaning: gruel
Uralic: *jamV 'Brei, Suppe (aus Fischmehl, Blut, Fleisch)'
Dravidian: *ambel 'a kind of rice gruel'
Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *'ejmǝq
References: Tyler 128 (U-D)
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 164
Proto: *jamV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: gruel, soup
German meaning: Brei, Suppe (aus Fischmehl, Blut, Fleisch)
Mordovian: jam (E M) 'Suppe; Grütze' ?
Nenets (Yurak): jewāj (O) 'Brühe von Fisch- ode. Fleischsuppe ohne Mehl'
Nganasan (Tawgi): jamâ 'Brei aus Blut, Fleisch, Mehl und Wasser'
References: FUV; Paas. Beitr. 13, 291
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Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *'ejmǝq
Meaning (Rus.): соус, бульон
Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *ạʒmǝ̣q
Proto-Itelmen: *'emk'
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Chukchee-Koryak etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *ạʒmǝ̣q
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): соус, жижа
Chukchee: ɛ́jmǝq
Koryak: ajmǝq
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Itelmen etymology :

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Proto-Itelmen: *'emk' E
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): бульон (скоромный)
Itelmen: 'emk'
Itelmen meaning: бульон (из мяса, рыбы)
Number in Volodin 1976: 165
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