Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-Dravidian : *ker_-

Meaning : to kill, destroy

Proto-South Dravidian: *ker_-

Proto-Dravidian : *kesar_- (*-i-)

Meaning : mud, mire

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Proto-South Dravidian: *kIsar_-

Proto-Dravidian : *kev-

Meaning : ear

Proto-South Dravidian: *kev-i

Proto-Telugu : *cev-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kev-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kev-ɣ-

Proto-North Dravidian : *qebd-

Brahui : xaf

Proto-Dravidian : *kē-

Meaning : to lie

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Proto-South Dravidian: *kē-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kē-

Proto-North Dravidian : *kī-d-

Proto-Dravidian : *kēɣ-

Meaning : magpie, snipe

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kēj-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kēɣ-

Proto-Dravidian : *kēkVl (?)

Meaning : earth

Proto-North Dravidian : *qēXl

Notes : Isolated NDR form. Maybe an old compound: *key 'field' + *kaḷ 'field, floor'; but unprovable.

Proto-Dravidian : *kēḷ-

Meaning : to be friends with, ramify, multiply (as families)

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Proto-South Dravidian: *kēḷ-

Proto-Dravidian : *kēnd- (?)

Meaning : feather

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kēnd-

Proto-Dravidian : *kēnd- (?)

Meaning : to possess, buy

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Proto-North Dravidian : *qēnd-

Proto-Dravidian : *kēr-

Meaning : side

Proto-Telugu : *krē-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ker-

Brahui : xēr

Notes : The short vowel in PKG can point to an older unaccented form.

Proto-Dravidian : *kēr-

Meaning : to shout; to crow

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Proto-Telugu : *kēr-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kēr-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ker-

Proto-North Dravidian : *qer-q-

Proto-Dravidian : *kēr-

Meaning : to sing; to tell

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ker-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kēr-

Proto-North Dravidian : *Qēr-ī

Notes : Actually, there is only one form (Gadba) responding for the whole PKG, so vowel quality may be long as well.

Proto-Dravidian : *kēr-

Meaning : to lean against

Proto-South Dravidian: *kēr-

Proto-Telugu : *cēr-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ker-

Proto-Dravidian : *kēs-

Meaning : to shave

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kēs-

Proto-Dravidian : *kēs- (?)

Meaning : neck

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Proto-North Dravidian : *qēsr/*qasr

Notes : Isolated PNDR root.

Proto-Dravidian : *kēs-[mb-]

Meaning : a kind of yam

Proto-South Dravidian: *kēs-mb-

Proto-Telugu : *cēm-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kijb-

Proto-North Dravidian : *kis-gō

Notes : Complicated cluster developments in this root.

Proto-Dravidian : *kic-

Meaning : to pinch

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Proto-Telugu : *gicc-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kis-k-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kic-

Proto-North Dravidian : *kis-

Brahui : kish-king

Notes : Voiced articulation in Telugu unclear.

Proto-Dravidian : *kiḍ-

Meaning : spark

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Proto-South Dravidian: *kiḍ-i

Proto-Dravidian : *kil-

Meaning : to cry; to sound

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Proto-South Dravidian: *kIl-ai-

Proto-Telugu : *kel-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kil-i-

Proto-Dravidian : *kil-

Meaning : small

Proto-South Dravidian: *kil-

Proto-Telugu : *cil-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *cil-

Notes : Weak CDR parallels.