Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *gadb-

Meaning : to hurry

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gadb- (gadby-)

Number in DED : 1188

Proto-Nilgiri : *gaḍǝv

Meaning : fixed time

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gaḍv, gayṛ "fixed or appointed time"

Toda : koḍf "stipulated period of an agreement"

Additional forms : Also Toda koṛy fixed period (of imprisonment or purgatory), fixed time for paying a loan

Notes : Kota gayṛ, Toda koṛy < Kan. gaḍi.

Number in DED : 1109

Proto-Nilgiri : *gag-

Meaning : to make first tentative unmusical notes on clarinet when starting to play

Kota : gagc- (gagc-)

Notes : !!

Number in DED : 1291

Proto-Nilgiri : *gal

Meaning : (tree) shakes

Kota : gal gal in- (id_-)

Notes : !!

Number in DED : 1302

Proto-Nilgiri : *gam-

Meaning : good smell (of food, incense)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gaml

Additional forms : Also Kota gamgam in- to be fragrant

Number in DED : 1247

Proto-Nilgiri : *gam-ǝn

Meaning : state of saying or doing nothing

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gamn

Number in DED : 1248

Proto-Nilgiri : *ganḍ-

Meaning : male

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gaṇḍ

Toda : koḍṇ "Badaga husband"

Number in DED : 1173

Proto-Nilgiri : *gar (*-r_)

Meaning : quill of feather

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : garl

Additional forms : Also Kota tōkrl small peg used in pegging down hide to dry (tōl+karl)

Number in DED : 1389

Proto-Nilgiri : *gavä

Meaning : love, pity

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gav "pity, simpathy"

Toda : kaf "affection, love (filial or of a friend), mercy"

Number in DED : 1328

Proto-Nilgiri : *gel-

Meaning : to win

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gel- (ged_-)

Toda : kelc- (kelč-) "to be successful"

Additional forms : Also Kota gelc- (gelc-) to win and secure something; gel a goal, test, objective in race, a win in a game

Number in DED : 1972

Proto-Nilgiri : *geṇḍ

Meaning : round lump or ball (food, butter), growth in abdomen

Kota : geṇḍ

Additional forms : Also Kota geṇḍ-payṇ frost on grass, ice on top of water

Number in DED : 1148

Proto-Nilgiri : *geṇḍ

Meaning : dog's penis becomes stuck in copulation

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : geṇḍ kaṭ- (kac-)

Number in DED : 1949

Proto-Nilgiri : *giḍǝv

Meaning : a k. of shrub

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : giṛv "plant"

Toda : kɨḍf "shrub"

Additional forms : Also Kota gevḍ thick bushy tree; gevḍ vālm bushy tail (of peacock, wild dog)

Number in DED : 1941

Proto-Nilgiri : *gil-

Meaning : (to laugh) triumphantly

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gil(n), gilgil(n)

Number in DED : 1575

Proto-Nilgiri : *gil-ĭ

Meaning : extreme fear

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : giḷy

Number in DED : 1572

Proto-Nilgiri : *gir-

Meaning : clapper for scaring birds

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : girk

Number in DED : 1593

Proto-Nilgiri : *giviṇĭ

Meaning : sling

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : givṇḍy gal

Toda : tifiṇy

Notes : The word in Toda is obviously the same as in Kota; however, initial t- (most probably < *c-) shows a strange palatalisation. The form could be regarded as a borrowing from some palatalizing language, such as Tamil; however, in Tamil the form kavaṇ is present. Maybe the source of borrowing is an unknown dialect. Otherwise the possibility of contamination is also not excluded (but what with?).

Number in DED : 1322

Proto-Nilgiri : *gjāṇ (?)

Meaning : span (measurement)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gāṇ

Toda : kɨ̄ṇ

Notes : *gj- is a hypothetic cluster that would explain the correspondence between Kota gāṇ and Toda kɨ̄ṇ < *gīṇ. The peculiarity of the root is well confirmed by external data.

Number in DED : 2444

Proto-Nilgiri : *goḍ-

Meaning : man who has no children

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : goḍṇ

Additional forms : Also Kota goḍy barren woman

Number in DED : 2074

Proto-Nilgiri : *gonḍ[ä]

Meaning : knob; knot of hair

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : goṇḍ "knob on end of walking-stick, head of pin"

Toda : kwɨḍy "Badaga woman's knot of hair at back of head (< Badaga koṇḍe)"

Additional forms : Also Kota koṇḍ knot of hair at back of head

Notes : The Toda form is most probably a borrowing indeed. The Kota form is also slightly suspicious because PN *gonḍä should have yielded Kota geṇḍ (however, it might be dialectal).

Number in DED : 2081