Telugu etymology : List with all references

Proto-Telugu : *cikk-

Meaning : to be entangled, ensnared, be obtained, got, come to hand; n. a tangle, intricacy, difficulty, trouble

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : cikku

Number in DED : 2498

Proto-Dravidian : *cilk-

Meaning : to hang; to be entangled

Proto-South Dravidian: *cilk-

Proto-Telugu : *cikk-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Sirk-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *Silk-

Proto-South Dravidian : *cilk-

Meaning : to be entangled

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cikku (cikki-)

Tamil meaning : to become entangled, complicated, be caught, ensnared, be obtained; n. tangle, twist, intricacy, snare, entanglement

Tamil derivates : cikk-en_a firmly, tenaciously, tightly, closely; ciŋku (ciŋki-) to be caught; ikal intricacy, obscurity, involvedness; ? ciṭukku a tangle

Malayalam : cikku

Malayalam meaning : being entangled, intricacy

Malayalam derivates : cikkuka to be entangled

Kannada : sikku, sigu (sikk-), sirku, siliku, siluku, silku

Kannada meaning : to become entangled, be caught, fall into the hands of, be got

Kannada derivates : sikku, sirku, silku state of being entangled, entanglement, intricacy, impediment, obstacle, trouble

Kodagu : cikk- (cikki-)

Kodagu meaning : to become entangled

Tulu : sikkuni, tikkuni

Tulu meaning : to be ensnared, caught, seized, obtained

Tulu derivates : sikkāvuni, tikkāvuni to ensnare, entangle, button; sikkụ, tikkụ entanglement, intricacy, perplexity, distress; sikkaṭṭụ, tikkaṭṭụ labyrinth, intricacy; tikkaṭuni to be matted, be entangled, intricate; silkuni to be entangled, be perplexed; salkuni to be entangled; salkāvuni to entangle; (B-K) tirkụ, sirkụ entanglement, difficulty

Proto-Nilgiri : *cik-

Number in DED : 2498

Proto-Nilgiri : *cik-

Meaning : to be trapped

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : cik- (ciky-) "to be caught, get in trouble, be got, obtained"

Toda : tik- (tiky-) "to be trapped (physically or figuratively)"

Additional forms : Also Kota cikc- (cikc-) to make to be caught, get, obtain; tik tangle in the hair; Toda sik knot or tangle in hair

Notes : Toda sik, Kota tik are borrowings.

Number in DED : 2498

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Sirk-

Meaning : to get stuck

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kolami : sik- (sikt-) "to hang (intr.)"

Parji : cirŋg- "to get stuck, entangled, trapped"

Kondekor Gadba : sikku "entanglement"

Additional forms : Also Kolami sikip- (sikipt-) id. (tr.); (Pat.) sikkeng to get stuck; Parji cirkip- (cirkit-) to trap, snare

Number in DED : 2498

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *Silk-

Meaning : to be entangled, caught

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *silk-

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *cik-u

Notes : The PK form is probably borrowed from Telugu, since PGn *-lk- > PK *-k- is strange.

Proto-Gondi : *silk-

Meaning : to be entangled

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : hilkānā "to be caught up, entangled, or stuck in anything"

Adilabad Gondi : hilgānā "(SR) to entangle"

Notes : Burrow & Emeneau put this root together with *jiRk-, but this is impossible. Not only the resonant is different, but also h- in Gondi_A and Gondi_Tr hardly can be traced back to *j-. More probable is the reconstruction *c- or *s- with a usual mix-up before *-l-.

Number in DED : 2498

Number in CVOTGD : 3553

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *cik-u

Meaning : to snare

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : sikkū aiyali "to be tangled"

Kuwi (Schulze) : cikku kīnai

Number in DED : 2498

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