Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāj-

Meaning : unripe fruit

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kāy "unripe fruit, coconut"

Toda : kōy- (kōc-) "to bear fruit"

Additional forms : Also Toda kōy unripe fruit

Number in DED : 1459

Proto-Nilgiri : *kākä

Meaning : crow

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kāk, kāyk

Toda : kāk

Additional forms : Also Kota kȧ̇̇, kȧ̇̇ kȧ̇̇ noise of crow cawing; Toda kān- (kād_-) to caw (i. e. kā- + ɨn-, ɨd_- to say)

Number in DED : 1425

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāl

Meaning : leg, foot

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kāl "leg, foot, base (of tree), quarter"

Toda : kōl "leg, foot, quarter, family, progeny"

Additional forms : Also Toda kaḍ xōl mox last-born son (for kaḍ, see 1109); kōlk ɨr- (child) sits on mother's leg to defecate; kōs_ excrement; mēṇ gōs_ shade (lit. foot) of tree

Notes : Toda kōl is irregular; if kōs_ "excrement" does somehow belong here (cf. kōlk ɨr-), it represents a more regular reflection of the root. One has to assume influence of Kota or literary languages.

Number in DED : 1479

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāl

Meaning : village

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kāl "in: kō kāl Kota village (cf. 1762)"

Toda : kwɨ̄ kōl "id."

Additional forms : Also Toda kōl id. (in song-unit: kōlɨš xwɨ̄f Kota in the Kota village)

Notes : Irregular -l in Toda. Borrowing from Kota?

Number in DED : 1484

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāṇ-

Meaning : to see

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kaṇ-/kāṇ- (kaḍ-)

Toda : kōṇ- (koḍ-)

Additional forms : Also Kota kāṭ- (kāc-) to show; kaḍ at_- (ac-), kaḍ ayr- (arc-) to find out; kāṇky payment of vow to god; kaŋgāc wonderful sight such as never seen before; Toda kōṭ- (kōṭy-) to show; kōṇky offering to Hindu temple or to Kurumba; koṇy act of foretelling or of telling the past

Notes : Past stem *kaḍ- in Kota (instead of *kaṇḍ-) probably due to some kind of internal samdhi.

Number in DED : 1443

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāṇ-ĭ

Meaning : a milk measure ( = 1/2 pɨṇ or 4 ačok [see 397])

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kōṇy

Number in DED : 1444

Proto-Nilgiri : *kānǯ

Meaning : saliva (which dribbles), drool

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kōʒ

Number in DED : 1478

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāŋ

Meaning : black thread; blue cloth of olden times, now used for funeral purposes

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kāg

Number in DED : 1428

Proto-Nilgiri : *kār

Meaning : black

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kār

Toda : kōr "young grass at first rain after winter frosts"

Additional forms : Also Kota kār may rain of SW. monsoon; kārŋgal n. pr. rock at Mēnāṛ village

Number in DED : 1278

Proto-Nilgiri : *kār-

Meaning : hot, pungent

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kārm (obl. kārt-) "hot taste (of peppers, chillies, etc.), burning sensation if pepper is put in eye"

Toda : kōrm "curry"

Additional forms : Also Toda kary- (karc-) (nose) tickles

Number in DED : 1466

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāṛ

Meaning : forked stick

Toda : kāw

Notes : !!

Number in DED : 1370

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāṛ

Meaning : the black-headed one (i. e. the Toda, in song; or with 1278)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kāy maḍ, kāye maḍ

Number in DED : 1494

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāṛ

Meaning : point, pointed stick, wooden skewer used by Kotas, peg

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kōw

Number in DED : 1361

Proto-Nilgiri : *kār-ä

Meaning : gorse, Ulex europaeus [an introduced species]

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kār muɫ̣

Number in DED : 1475

Proto-Nilgiri : *kār_-

Meaning : to vomit

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kār- (kāry-)

Toda : kōn- (kōd_-)

Notes : The Kota stem is weak (= Tamil kār_u); the Toda stem is strong, reflecting the development *kār_-d- > *kānd_- (= Tamil kāl, p. kān_r_-), and the -n- in the present stem has most probably replaced the original -r_- under the influence of the past stem.

Number in DED : 1477

Proto-Nilgiri : *kār_-ä

Meaning : silver bangle worn on right leg by chief men

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kār_

Number in DED : 1506

Proto-Nilgiri : *kās

Meaning : rupee

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kāc

Toda : kōs

Number in DED : 1431

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāt_

Meaning : wind

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kāt_

Toda : kōt_

Number in DED : 1481

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāv

Meaning : handle

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kāv

Toda : kōf "hollow stem, handle of tool"

Number in DED : 1454

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāvāj

Meaning : ditch (in song)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kōfōy

Number in DED : 1480