Notes :Putting this root together with Kui rūmba (PK *rūm-), as Burrow does, is absolutely impossible (both semantics and phonetics do not match), especially as the same difference is clearly seen in other languages (cf. Konda ur_mi- 'to roar', or_li- 'to groan').
Number in DED :718
Proto-Kui-Kuwi :*ōǯ-
Meaning :bright, beautiful
Kui :ōspa (ōst-) "to be bright, shine, glitter, give light"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) :ojjam'ni pōda "a pretty girl"
Kuwi (Schulze) :ōja, ōjagatti, ōji "beautiful"
Additional forms :Also Kui ōsteri light; Kuwi_S ōju beauty; ōjitasi a handsome man; ōja hārku ornaments; ōjali turh'nai to rig
Notes :An interesting case where -p- serves as a derivative verbal suffix (hard to say whether the phenomenon dates from PK or is innovatory in Kui).
Additional forms :Also Kuwi_Isr padnu ā- to have drunk (wine), not too much or too little; padnu met- to flavour (food) with just enough salt and seasoning
Kui :pēni "cold weather, low temperature; cold, chilly"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) :penni
Kuwi (Schulze) :peni
Sunkarametta Kuwi :peni
Kuwi (Israel) :peni
Notes :The combination -ay- is indicated by external data. Here it is indirectly indicated by: a) "irregular" vowel correspondences; b) lack of gemination in Kuwi_S, which probably means a rather late modification of *-yn- > -n-.
Number in DED :4035
Proto-Kui-Kuwi :*pala-
Meaning :to inquire, question, ask, address, say; n. inquiry, remark
Notes :B&E put this together with PK *panḍ- 'to send', but it's hogwash, especially since both roots are well distinguished in most Dravidian subgroups.
Notes :Complex case. Kuwi_Su paṛi points to a retroflex lateral, while Kuwi_F speaks in favour of a simple lateral. Considering external data and the possibility of different reflexations dependent on the vocalism, I would prefer the retroflex.
Notes :Kuwi_D beṭka MUST be a borrowing (maybe from forms like Gadba panḍake??), for every other Khond dialect always yields a pana-type form, and it would be folly to suggest a similar development in a dozen dialects. Gemination in Kuwi_Su is not quite clear, since this dialect does not normally have geminates (in fact, this is the only case of a -nn- in Kuwi_Su).
