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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *niwĺa
Meaning: earth, clay
nostret-meaning,nostret-alt,nostret-drav,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *nibĺa
Meaning: clay, to smear
Russian meaning: глина, мазать
Comments: The vowel *-o- in Turkic is probably due to the medial cluster (*joĺa < *jɨbĺa).
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-tung,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *joĺa
Meaning: red clay
Russian meaning: красная глина
Oyrat: jožo
Yakut: soho
Kirghiz: ǯošo
Comments: VEWT 128, ЭСТЯ 4, 31. Turk. > MMong. (MA) ǯuša, WMong. ǯosa 'red clay, red earth' (rather than vice versa, despite VEWT 128 - although forms with -s- like Kaz., KKalp. žosa are reborrowed from Mong.). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-trk,turcet-chg,turcet-alt,turcet-jak,turcet-krg,turcet-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ńiblü-
Meaning: to paint, smear
Russian meaning: красить, мазать
Negidal: ńịja-, ńị̄lị-
Literary Manchu: ju-
Ulcha: ńili-
Orok: ńilitči-
Nanai: ńiule-
Udighe: jeule-
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-ude,tunget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *nasur-
Meaning: to smear, rub
Russian meaning: мазать, тереть
Tokyo: nasúr-
Kyoto: násúr-
Kagoshima: nasúr-
Comments: JLTT 733. PJ accent is unclear. japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *nil- (*-e-)
Meaning : earth
dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *nIl-am
Meaning : ground
Tamil : nilam
Tamil meaning : ground, earth, land, soil, field, the earth, world, place, region
Malayalam : nilam
Malayalam meaning : ground, soil, the earth, a ricefield
Kannada : nela
Kannada meaning : ground, soil, land, floor
Kodagu : nela
Kodagu meaning : ground
Tulu : nela
Tulu meaning : earth, soil, floor, ground
Number in DED : 3676
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kod,sdret-kodmean,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,
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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *nel-
Meaning : ground, earth
Kota : nelm (obl. nelt-), netāl
Toda : neln (obl. nelt-)
Additional forms : Also Toda nes_n ground (in songs); nes_oṭ- (nes_oṭy-) to put forehead to something (e. g. ground) ceremonially, put to forehead in salutation (see 79)
Number in DED : 3676
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-kota,ktet-toda,ktet-addition,ktet-dednum,
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