Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *kand-

Meaning : revenue money

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kandīg

Number in DED : 1209

Proto-Nilgiri : *kanḍ-

Meaning : man not related to one

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kaṇḍōn

Additional forms : Also Kota fem. kaṇḍōḷ

Number in DED : 1172

Proto-Nilgiri : *kaṇḍ-

Meaning : flesh of hind thigh of animal

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kaṇṭ-pōt

Additional forms : Also Kota kaṇṭ-kāl calf of leg

Number in DED : 1175

Proto-Nilgiri : *ka[n]ḍ-ĭ

Meaning : string of cane

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : koḍy

Number in DED : 1177

Proto-Nilgiri : *kanḍ-ĭ

Meaning : small elevation of land

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kaṇḍy

Number in DED : 1176

Proto-Nilgiri : *kaṇ-ĭ

Meaning : yoke-rope for bullock

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kayṇ

Number in DED : 1184

Proto-Nilgiri : *kaṇk

Meaning : thin dry sticks used as kindling or in a bunch as a torch

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kaṇk

Number in DED : 1165

Proto-Nilgiri : *kaṇ-nīr

Meaning : tears

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ka(ṇ) ṇīr

Toda : keṇīr

Notes : Note the regular change *a > e in Toda (before an -i- in the 2nd syl.).

Number in DED : 1159

Proto-Nilgiri : *kanr_

Meaning : female buffalo calf below one year

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kor_

Number in DED : 1411

Proto-Nilgiri : *kap-

Meaning : butterfly

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kapṭ "butterfly, moth"

Toda : kopaṇ

Number in DED : 1216

Proto-Nilgiri : *kapal

Meaning : boat

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kopol

Number in DED : 1219

Proto-Nilgiri : *kar-

Meaning : black

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kayr "charcoal, soot"

Toda : kary- (kars-) "to be singed, scorched, fried too much"

Additional forms : Also Kota kar black (or with 1395); kagutm darkness, dark place; Toda kary- (karc-) to heat (new pot, etc., to purify it); kary charcoal; ka, kax, kaxt black; kabɨn iron; kagār_f darkness; ka-pic Jasminum bignoniaceum; ? koš fɨṛ- (fɨṭ-) to dawn (lit. the darkness goes away); ? kāy maḍ, kāye maḍ the black-headed one (i. e. the Toda; in song; maḍ head)

Notes : Toda ka-, etc., all result from sandhi (in cases like kabɨn 'iron' < *kar-ǝm-pon, etc.)

Number in DED : 1278

Proto-Nilgiri : *kaṛ-

Meaning : to purify

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kaṛt- (kayt-/kaṛty-) "to wash (tr.; hands, face, child)"

Toda : koṛ "a purifier, in: koṛ oṭ- to purify (dairy) with dried buffalo dung (lit. to pour purifier; for oṭ-, see 97)"

Additional forms : Also Kota kaḷv āl bathroom

Number in DED : 1369

Proto-Nilgiri : *kar-

Meaning : niggardly person

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : karyn

Number in DED : 1277

Proto-Nilgiri : *kar-

Meaning : any bush about 3-4 feet high

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kaš-tūr_

Number in DED : 1287

Proto-Nilgiri : *kar-

Meaning : keenness or harshness (of wind)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : karp

Additional forms : Also Kota ? kakōṭ hoe with sharp, broad blade

Number in DED : 1265

Proto-Nilgiri : *kar(ä)

Meaning : bank; stripes

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kar "coloured woven stripes on end of cloth; pair-word with kāṛ field"

Toda : kar "coloured woven stripes on end of cloth; bank of river, horizon line, direction"

Number in DED : 1293

Proto-Nilgiri : *karb

Meaning : sugar-cane

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kab

Toda : kab

Additional forms : Also Toda kapoṭy jaggery

Notes : External data shows that the PSDR form for the root was *kar(u)mb; that *-r- was still present on the PN level is evident from the Toda form (PN *kab would have yielded Toda kob).

Number in DED : 1288

Proto-Nilgiri : *karǝḍĭ

Meaning : bear

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : karḍy

Toda : kāṛ

Additional forms : Also Toda kāṛɨk wɨḍ black (lit. which is like a bear)

Notes : For Toda kāṛ cf. also Toda pāḍy "barren woman" < *var_ǝḍǐ.

Number in DED : 1263

Proto-Nilgiri : *karǝl

Meaning : heart; friendship

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : karl "heart, mind, desire"

Toda : kōɫ̣ "friend (e gōɫ̣ my friend, tan gōɫ̣ his friend)"

Additional forms : Also Kota ? kavīr stomach (internal organ; for -vīr see 5259)

Number in DED : 1274