Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *pul

Meaning : grass

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : pul "grass, thatching grass"

Toda : pul "thatching grass"

Additional forms : Also Toda ul grass (in songs; < Badaga)

Number in DED : 4300

Proto-Nilgiri : *puḷ-

Meaning : boasting

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : puḷg

Additional forms : Also Kota puḷgn a boasting man; fem. puḷgy

Number in DED : 4324

Proto-Nilgiri : *puḷ-

Meaning : dot

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : puḷy

Number in DED : 4327

Proto-Nilgiri : *puḷ-ĭ

Meaning : sour

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : puḷy

Toda : püɫ̣y "tamarind"

Additional forms : Also Kota puḷy-/puḷc- (puḷc-) to be sour, (mouth) tastes sour; Toda püɫ̣y- (püɫ̣c-) to be sour

Number in DED : 4322

Proto-Nilgiri : *puḷĭc

Meaning : a k. of plant

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : puḷc "various Oxalis species"

Toda : püɫ̣c "Oxalis corniculata"

Number in DED : 4326

Proto-Nilgiri : *pul_-ĭ

Meaning : tiger

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : puj

Toda : püs_y, üly (< Badaga huli)

Number in DED : 4307

Proto-Nilgiri : *puṇ

Meaning : sore, wound in process of healing

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : puṇ

Number in DED : 4268

Proto-Nilgiri : *pUṇ-ä

Meaning : bamboo milkpot

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : peṇ

Toda : pɨṇ

Number in DED : 4271

Proto-Nilgiri : *pup-

Meaning : small baby

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : pupup

Number in DED : 4365

Proto-Nilgiri : *puṛ-

Meaning : to hide

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : pug-/puṛv- (puṛt-) "to hide (tr.)"

Toda : pūɵ "in: ɨrfūɵ, ōɫ̣fūɵ n. pr. places at the end of the road to the world of the dead 'where the buffaloes, the people sink into the ground' (cf. 647)"

Notes : Toda pūɵ < *pūṛ-d-.

Number in DED : 4376

Proto-Nilgiri : *puṛ

Meaning : worm

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : pū "worm, maggot"

Toda : puf "worm, intestinal worm"

Additional forms : Also Toda ū worm in skin, brain, or body (not intestinal) (< Badaga hū́; Emeneau, Language, 15.45); poṛy stink of a corpse (or with 3999)

Number in DED : 4312

Proto-Nilgiri : *puṛ-ǝk-

Meaning : to boil (potatoes)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : puṣk- (puṣky-)

Number in DED : 4315

Proto-Nilgiri : *puṭ-

Meaning : to grow; to bear

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : uṭ- (uc-) "to be born, (plant, hair) sprouts (< Badaga)"

Toda : puṭ- (puṭy-) "to grow (intr.; grass, tree, hair)"

Additional forms : Also Kota uṭc- (uṭc-) to create, bear, beget; uṭ beauty of body (esp. shining complexion), facts of a matter; Toda uṭ- (uṭy-) to be born (in songs; < Badaga); uṭ creation, birth, physique, beauty

Number in DED : 4264

Proto-Nilgiri : *puṭ

Meaning : stirring stick

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : puṭ

Number in DED : 4265

Proto-Nilgiri : *pUṭ-ĭ

Meaning : bottle

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : poṭy

Toda : puṭy

Number in DED : 4265

Proto-Nilgiri : *pūc

Meaning : blue

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : pūc "blue, green"

Toda : pūč "blue-grey"

Number in DED : 4356

Proto-Nilgiri : *pūd-ĭ

Meaning : ashes

Kota : pūdy

Toda : pūɵy

Number in DED : 4316

Proto-Nilgiri : *pūḷ-

Meaning : Ilex wightiana

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : pǖɫ̣

Number in DED : 4292

Proto-Nilgiri : *pūṇ-

Meaning : to yoke

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : pūṛ- (pūṛy-) "to yoke, prepare smithy by getting ready bellows"

Toda : pūḷ- (pūḍ-) "to wear around neck"

Additional forms : Also Kota pūṭ- (pūṭy-) to fit (tr.) into sheath (at smithy); Toda pūṭ- (pūṭy-) to tie around someone else's neck; ? ūṭm vow (in songs); ? pūf- (pūt-) to wear (cloak); pūtxuɫ̣y cloak; pūc- (pūč-) to put (garment) on someone else

Notes : Kota pūṛ- is secondary, probably developed out of the past stem.

Number in DED : 4361

Proto-Nilgiri : *pūp

Meaning : flower

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : pū "flower, wire edge on tool"

Toda : pūf

Additional forms : Also Toda pūf- (pūt-) to blossom

Number in DED : 4345