Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *kud-

Meaning : to fix firmly in ground, tamp earth around (post), hammer end of iron bar to shorten it, apply force

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kud-iḍ- (iṭ-)

Number in DED : 1709

Proto-Nilgiri : *kudāj-

Meaning : hoe

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kudāy

Number in DED : 1722

Proto-Nilgiri : *kuḍḍ

Meaning : club

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kuḍ "club, bar of door, log"

Toda : kuḍ "large stick, club"

Number in DED : 1842

Proto-Nilgiri : *kuḍĭkǐ

Meaning : a small pot

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kuck "small clay pot used to drink from"

Toda : kuṛky "small pot"

Notes : The development *-ḍǐ- > -c- in Kota is regular.

Number in DED : 1651

Proto-Nilgiri : *kudir[ä]

Meaning : horse

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kudyr

Toda : kɨɵɨr

Number in DED : 1711

Proto-Nilgiri : *kud_

Meaning : bundle of firewood or grass

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kud_

Toda : kud_

Number in DED : 1866

Proto-Nilgiri : *kud_-

Meaning : large rock standing by itself

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : küd_-xas_, küd_s_

Number in DED : 1864

Proto-Nilgiri : *kud_-ĭ (?)

Meaning : pit, mortar

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kud_y

Additional forms : Also Toda kud_y- (kud_s-) to have a shallow hollow (e. g. pile of rice, back of thumb by pressure of index finger)

Number in DED : 1660

Proto-Nilgiri : *kuk-

Meaning : to sit down

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kukīr- (kukrc-)

Number in DED : 1628

Proto-Nilgiri : *kuḷ

Meaning : shortness and broadness of figure

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kuḷ

Additional forms : Also Kota kuḷ(ṇ) short man; fem. kuḷy

Number in DED : 1839

Proto-Nilgiri : *kuḷ-

Meaning : (hands, feet, body) feel cool, (mind) feels calm and peaceful

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kuḷak in-, kuḷkuḷ in-

Number in DED : 1834

Proto-Nilgiri : *kul-ǝg-

Meaning : to shake (intr.: diviner, angry man, man with fever), jog up and down (like horse)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kulg- (kulgy-)

Additional forms : Also Kota kulk- (kulky-) to shake (tr.)

Number in DED : 1806

Proto-Nilgiri : *kum-

Meaning : to pound

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kum- (kumy-) "to pestle (grain) with slow strokes to remove husks"

Toda : kum- (kumy-) "to pound (grain) with light strokes"

Additional forms : Also Toda kɨmf- (kɨmt-) to beat (drum), kill, cut (bark with a stone, in a ceremony); kuf- (kufy-) to pound (clothes in washing), load (gun)

Number in DED : 1850

Proto-Nilgiri : *kuṇ-ĭ

Meaning : bee

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kuṇy

Number in DED : 1867

Proto-Nilgiri : *kunṭ-

Meaning : lame

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kuṇṭ- (kuṇṭy-) "to be lame, limp"

Toda : kuṭ "lameness"

Additional forms : Also Kota kuṇṭ lame; kuṇṭṇ man with two legs useless or amputated; fem. kuṇṭy; kuṭ lameness; kuṭṇ man with slight limp; fem. kuṭy

Number in DED : 1688

Proto-Nilgiri : *kunǯ

Meaning : children as given by god, men as children of god

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kunj

Additional forms : Also Kota kun small

Number in DED : 1646

Proto-Nilgiri : *kup

Meaning : leap

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kup "broad jump with even feet"

Toda : kup

Additional forms : Also Kota kup ār- to make a standing broad jump; Toda kup-ōry standing broad jump

Number in DED : 1736

Proto-Nilgiri : *kur-

Meaning : man of Kurumba tribe living in the Nilgiri jungles

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kurb

Additional forms : Also Toda fem. kurč, kurbč

Number in DED : 1844

Proto-Nilgiri : *kur-

Meaning : beautiful or handsome person

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kurj

Number in DED : 1782

Proto-Nilgiri : *kur-

Meaning : young cow (up to three years)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kurl

Number in DED : 1791