Telugu etymology : List with all references

Proto-Telugu : *rāl-

Meaning : to fall or drop down (of leaves, tears, etc.)

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : rālu

Additional forms : Also [1] rāl(u)cu, [2] rāl(u)pu falling or dropping down, causing to fall or drop down

Number in DED : 233

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *arí- ~ *arál-

Meaning : to fall

Proto-Telugu : *rāl-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *rāl-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ari-

Notes : The Telugu-PKG forms, on one hand, and the Gondwan forms, on the other, are somewhat hard to reconciliate. PGn shows a bisyllabic root (not necessarily with an auslaut -i-, since the latter is only tentatively set up based on forms like Kuwi rī-ali, etc.; in reality this could have been any vowel but a labialised one) with a vocalic auslaut, whereas Telugu and PKG reflect an older variant like *arál-. Of course, if we assume the suffixal nature of the resonant, the question is resolved, although the meaning of the suffix is still unclear. No traces of the root are seen in SDR, where the main word for 'fall' is *vīẓ- - which, in its turn, has been quite poorly preserved outside of SDR. Some overlapping, however, exists, which leads us to surmise that the difference between the two roots in PDR must have been stylistic - *arí-/*arál- being the neutral, unmarked 'fall', and *vīẓ- being its "Magn" correlate, i. e. "to topple over, crumble", whence the figurative development > "die" in some languages. In SDR both roots eventually converged into one. // Present in 3/6 branches.

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *rāl-

Meaning : to fall

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kinwat Kolami : rāl- (rāṭ-)

Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : rāl- (rāṭ-)

Naikri : rāl- (rāṭ-) "to fall out"

Additional forms : Also Kolami_SR rāp- to fell; Naikri rālp- to make to fall out

Number in DED : 233

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ari-

Meaning : to fall

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *ar- (caus. *ar-s-)

Konda : ar- (-t-)

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *ar- (caus. *rä-t-)

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *rī-

Notes : Bisyllabic root.

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *ar- (caus. *ar-s-)

Meaning : to fall

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : arrānā

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : arrānā

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : arrānā

Gommu Gondi : ar-

Muria Gondi : ar-

Maria Gondi : ar-

Seoni Gondi : ar-

Koya Gondi : ar-

Adilabad Gondi : ar-

Additional forms : Also caus. Gondi_Tr arhuttānā, Gondi_Ph arahtānā, arsahtānā, Gondi_Mu arih-/arh-, Gondi_S arah-, Gondi_A (SR) arusānā to cause to fall; Gondi_Ko rāl- to fall (< Telugu)

Number in DED : 233

Number in CVOTGD : 72, 3027

Konda etymology :

Konda : ar-

Meaning: to fall

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Additional forms : Also Konda arap- to fell, make to fall

Number in DED : 233

Pengo-Manda etymology :

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *ar- (caus. *rä-t-)

Meaning : to fall

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : ar- (-t-)

Manda : re- (-t-) "to fall, descend, (sun) to set"

Additional Forms : Also Pengo vēṛa arbonḍ setting of the sun, west; rat- (-t-) to let fall, drop; motion ratka-; intens. ratpa-; Manda ret- to let fall, drop

Notes : Manda re- is an analogical back-formation from re-t-; the Pengo opposition ar- / ra-t- is probably more archaic.

Number in DED : 233