Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *kolēl

Meaning : smithy

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kolēl "smithy, temple in Kota village"

Toda : kwalāl "Kota smithy"

Notes : External data show *-ēl to be a suffix, but its origins are unclear.

Number in DED : 2133

Proto-Nilgiri : *kolǝ-

Meaning : to suffer, starve

Kota : kolv- (kold-) "to suffer because of disease"

Toda : kwal- (kwalɵ-) "to become emaciated"

Additional forms : Also Kota kolv- (kolt-) to make to suffer by beating or wounding, mash up (berries) with plunger in hollow bamboo; Toda kwalf- (kwalt-) to make to be emaciated (by starving)

Number in DED : 1806

Proto-Nilgiri : *koḷǝg

Meaning : hoof

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : koḷk

Toda : kwɨ̣ɫ̣x "lower joints of calf's leg down to hoof, wrist"

Notes : The cluster correspondence is irregular; external evidence shows the Toda variant to be more archaic.

Number in DED : 1829

Proto-Nilgiri : *koḷĭ

Meaning : firewood

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : koyḷ "burning firewood, faggot"

Toda : kwɨɫ̣y "firebrand, glowing ember"

Additional forms : Also Kota koyḷt āḷ man who carries new fire round at ceremonies

Number in DED : 2158

Proto-Nilgiri : *koḷ-/*koṛ-

Meaning : fat; well

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : koḷ- (koḍ-) "to be well in health"

Toda : kwaḷp "fat, in good circumstances"

Additional forms : Also Toda köw fat, stoutness, broadness, honeycomb; kwāw proudness; kog ɨr old buffalo; kog foɫ̣y big dairy at Tōr_ōṛ village

Notes : The origins of the *ṛ/*ḷ alternation in this root are unclear, but it definitely dates at least back to the PN stage.

Number in DED : 2146

Proto-Nilgiri : *koṇ-ĭ-

Meaning : to frisk

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : koṇy- (koṇc-), koṇc- (koṇc-) "(calf or other animal) frisks"

Toda : kwɨḍʒ- (kwɨḍj-) "(calf) frisks"

Notes : The Toda form is not quite clear.

Number in DED : 1863

Proto-Nilgiri : *koṛ

Meaning : ploughshare

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kov "iron point of plough"

Toda : kū "ploughshare (< Badaga gū́, Language 15.47; the word occurs only in one passage and the meaning is arrived at by etymology)"

Number in DED : 2147

Proto-Nilgiri : *korä-

Meaning : to snore, bark

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kurv- (kurt-)

Toda : kwarf- (kwart-)

Additional forms : Also Kota kerv- (kert-) to bark

Notes : Actually, it is Kota kerv- that should be considered the regular reflection. The varinat kurv- is either dialectal or borrowed from Tamil.

Number in DED : 1796

Proto-Nilgiri : *koṛä-

Meaning : to rot

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : koḷv- (koḷd-) "(flesh) putrefies so as to fall apart"

Toda : kwaḍ- (kwaḍɵ-)

Additional forms : Also Kota kūv- (kūd-) (grain) gets soft and spoils because it got wet; (kūt-) to cause (grain) to get, etc.; ? kōb feverish place, grazing lands in feverish river valley; Toda kwāw decayed dead body

Notes : Kota kūv-, etc. hardly belongs here.

Number in DED : 1822

Proto-Nilgiri : *koṛǝl (?)

Meaning : tube, Kota clarinet, tune of clarinet, curl

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : korl, koḷāy

Toda : kwēɫ̣

Additional forms : Also Kota koḷ clarinet; goṛḷ hollow between two sloping hills

Notes : The derivative *koṛ-āj > Kota koḷāy is of PSDR origin. A complex case overall (PN *-ṛ- in a rare context; Toda -wē-, in particular, is an extremely rare reflex); it is unclear whether Kota korl and koḷ are dialectal variants or one of them (or both?) is a borrowing.

Number in DED : 1818

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