Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *el-ĭ

Meaning : boundary

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : ely

Number in DED : 846

Proto-Nilgiri : *eḷ-ĭ

Meaning : beautiful (meaning uncertain; followed by buffalo name in vocative, in songs)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : eɫ̣y

Number in DED : 848

Proto-Nilgiri : *el[u]micǐ

Meaning : lime

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : elmic

Toda : üs_mič, üs_müč, üs_mišky

Notes : Toda ü can only be explained as < *e before *-u-; the correspondence Kota c = Toda č points to a final *-ǐ.

Number in DED : /836

Proto-Nilgiri : *eṇ-

Meaning : to count

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : öṇ- (öṇy-)

Additional forms : Also Toda öṇm (obl. öṇt-) counting, numbers

Number in DED : 793

Proto-Nilgiri : *eṇ

Meaning : oil

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : eṇ

Number in DED : 854

Proto-Nilgiri : *er

Meaning : food brought by birds to young, prey of a wild animal

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : er

Number in DED : 490

Proto-Nilgiri : *er

Meaning : to play 'peeping tom'

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : er uk- (uky-)

Number in DED : 903

Proto-Nilgiri : *erǝ-

Meaning : to shine

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : erv- (erd-) "to shine brightly (anything except sun)"

Toda : er- (erɵ-) "to be very bright"

Additional forms : Also Toda ēf fever

Notes : Toda ēf < *ēŕp < *er-i-p-ǝ (= Tam. erippu).

Number in DED : 811

Proto-Nilgiri : *erg-

Meaning : Eleusine coracana

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : erxy

Number in DED : 812

Proto-Nilgiri : *erk

Meaning : dirty

Toda : öṣk

Number in DED : 283

Proto-Nilgiri : *ert

Meaning : bull

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : et

Toda : ešt

Additional forms : Also Toda e(ṭ) ṭešk a circle of bullocks (in song; eṭ < Badaga eṭṭu bull, bullock)

Number in DED : 815

Proto-Nilgiri : *er_

Meaning : sun, in song unit: er_ oṭ ṇelp ground cool in the sun [during the rainy season] (interpretation doubtful, but a parallel unit has nȫr_ 'sun', for which see 2910)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : er_

Number in DED : 869

Proto-Nilgiri : *er_-

Meaning : to scoop up (water with vessel)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : er_- (er_ɵ-)

Number in DED : 866

Proto-Nilgiri : *er_-

Meaning : to overcome in contest, outstrip

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : er_t- (er_ty-)

Number in DED : 515

Proto-Nilgiri : *er_ĭ-

Meaning : to cut

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : eyr- (erc-) "to cut, kill, slaughter (animal); (head) aches"

Toda : er_y- (er_s-) "to throw, cut, sting, charge with horns, sacrifice"

Additional forms : Also Kota eyrl a cut; ? et- (ety-) to fight; ērp a cut, blow; ēr(p) pāṛ pain of wound; Toda ? -et_- (-et_y-) mediative-causative suffix (e. g. tɨnet_- to cause to eat); ox et_ to make broad

Notes : Toda et_- phonetically is a good match for Tamil er_r_u, but the semantic connection is dubious. Vice versa for Kota et-, where the semantics is good, but we should rather be expecting *et_-.

Number in DED : 859

Proto-Nilgiri : *eS-

Meaning : to pick (berries, fruit)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ec- (ec-)

Number in DED : 779

Proto-Nilgiri : *eṭ

Meaning : eight

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : eṭ

Toda : öṭ

Additional forms : Also Kota em bat eighty; Toda pūṭ eighteen

Number in DED : 784

Proto-Nilgiri : *et-

Meaning : to take (by picking up and carrying), take off (cloak), raise (as legs to the sky when one is knocked down), join (hands in salutation), open (eyes in amazement), build (house)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : et- (eyt-)

Number in DED : 796

Proto-Nilgiri : *eṭ-

Meaning : to be sufficient, be a match for

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : eṭ- (eṭy-)

Additional forms : Also Kota eṭēr- (eṭēry-) to reach, be sufficient

Number in DED : 783

Proto-Nilgiri : *et- (*-t_-)

Meaning : to sing (song), play musical instrument

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : et- (eyt-)

Number in DED : 5156