Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-Dravidian : *dim-

Meaning : flat ground; island

Proto-South Dravidian: *dim-

Proto-Telugu : *dimm-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *dem-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *dam- (?)

Notes : Since the Gondwan forms are only represented by Kuwi_Mah damaka, the quality of the PGn reconstruction is poor: the Kuwi form could have been mistranscribed.

Proto-Dravidian : *ḍip- (?)

Meaning : hill

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *Tip-ai

Proto-Telugu : *tipp-/*dibb-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ḍib-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ḍip-

Notes : A complicated case; many irregular correspondences. Possibly several roots.

Proto-Dravidian : *djol-

Meaning : saliva

Proto-South Dravidian: *djoḷ- (*-l-)

Proto-Telugu : *ǯoll-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ǯol

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *djol

Proto-Dravidian : *doḍ-

Meaning : big, stout

Proto-South Dravidian: *doḍḍ-

Proto-Telugu : *doḍḍ-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *doḍ-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *doḍ-

Proto-North Dravidian : *ḍonḍ-/*ḍuḍ-

Notes : The NDR form is hard to determine, as Kurukh and Malto contradict each other in phonetics and can hardly be traced to a single original form.

Proto-Dravidian : *doḍ-i

Meaning : backyard, stable

Proto-South Dravidian: *doḍḍ-i

Proto-Telugu : *doḍḍ-i

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *doḍ-i

Proto-Dravidian : *ḍok-

Meaning : lizard

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ḍok-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ḍok-

Proto-Dravidian : *ḍok- (*V̀ḍok-)

Meaning : breastbone; chest; belly

Proto-Telugu : *ḍokk-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ḍok-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ḍok-

Proto-Dravidian : *ḍol-

Meaning : to lie down, sleep

Proto-Telugu : *ḍoll-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ḍol-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ḍol-

Proto-Dravidian : *ḍoŋ-

Meaning : thief; to steal

Proto-South Dravidian: *Toŋ-

Proto-Telugu : *ḍoŋ-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ḍoŋ-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ḍoŋ-

Proto-Dravidian : *ḍop-

Meaning : a k. of basket

Proto-South Dravidian: *ḍop-ai

Proto-Telugu : *ḍopp-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ḍop-

Proto-Dravidian : *dorb-

Meaning : lungs

Proto-South Dravidian: *domb- (?)

Proto-Telugu : *dobb-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *dorb-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *dorb-

Notes : The South-Dr. forms are dialectal; the proto-form is therefore quite dubious.

Proto-Dravidian : *dor_-

Meaning : to get, find; to be near; to resemble

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *dor-

Proto-Telugu : *dor- (*-r_-)

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *dor_-k-

Notes : Unless the SOuth-Dr. forms are actually borrowed from a Telugu dialect, we have to assume an irregular correspondence (or two roots).

Proto-Dravidian : *dos-

Meaning : grief, calamity; weariness

Proto-South Dravidian: *Toj- (*-s-)

Proto-Telugu : *dos-

Brahui : tus-ing, tus-ēnging

Proto-Dravidian : *dōc-ai

Meaning : a k. of cake

Proto-South Dravidian: *dōc-ai

Proto-Telugu : *dōs-e

Proto-Dravidian : *ḍōk-

Meaning : eggshell

Proto-Telugu : *ḍokk-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ḍōk-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ḍōk-

Notes : Short vowel in Telugu probably by analogy with *ḍok- 'skeleton'.

Proto-Dravidian : *ḍōm-

Meaning : mosquito

Proto-South Dravidian: *Dōm-ai

Proto-Telugu : *Dōm-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ḍōm-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ḍōm-

Proto-Dravidian : *dōnṭ-

Meaning : hook, pole with hook

Proto-South Dravidian: *dōnṭ-i

Proto-Telugu : *dōnṭ-i

Proto-North Dravidian : *ṭō(n)ṛ-

Notes : Metathese of voiced articulation in NDR: *dōnṭ- > *tōnḍ- > *tōnṛ-.

Proto-Dravidian : *ḍōŋk- (?)

Meaning : hole; to dig holes

Proto-South Dravidian: *ḍō(ŋ)g-

Proto-Telugu : *ḍōŋk-

Notes : Highly unstable root, reconstruction very uncertain.

Proto-Dravidian : *duḍ-

Meaning : to quiver, throb; to precipitate

Proto-South Dravidian: *duḍ-

Proto-Telugu : *duḍ-

Proto-Dravidian : *duḍ-

Meaning : club, stick

Proto-South Dravidian: *duḍḍ-

Proto-Telugu : *duḍḍ-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *duḍ-