Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *mal[ä]

Meaning : mountain

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mal im "buffaloes of the Nilgiri tribes (i. e. mountain buffaloes)"

Toda : mal "the mountains (Nilgiris as opposed to the plains)"

Additional forms : Also Kota mal āṛ high downs on western half of Nilgiri plateau; Toda mas_ ōṛ id.

Number in DED : 4742

Proto-Nilgiri : *mal_-

Meaning : a flood

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : mas_n

Additional forms : Also Toda mas_ fertility, in: mas_ fōr- (fod-) (child) is delivered (-k, to a woman), mas_ foṛ- (foṭ-) to bring forth (-k, a child)

Number in DED : 4729

Proto-Nilgiri : *maṇ

Meaning : earth, mud

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : maṇ "earth, mud, whitewash, rust"

Toda : moṇ "earth, mud; land property"

Additional forms : Also Kota maŋgṭ clod of earth (kiṭ clod); maṇḷ sand; Toda er-moḷṇ (obl. er-moḷt-) id.

Number in DED : 4666

Proto-Nilgiri : *maṇ-

Meaning : office

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : maṇēv, maṇyēv "the office of monegar"

Toda : moṇyxōr_n "government-appointed representative of the tribe"

Number in DED : 4674

Proto-Nilgiri : *maṇ-

Meaning : to shave

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : maṇ- (mayṇḍ-)

Number in DED : 4748

Proto-Nilgiri : *manä

Meaning : family

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mantanm "affairs of household"

Toda : man "family, household"

Additional forms : Also Kota man devr household god

Number in DED : 4776

Proto-Nilgiri : *manḍ-

Meaning : to suckle

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : maṇḍ- (maṇḍy-) "(calf) becomes accustomed to suckle"

Toda : moḍ- (moḍy-) "(buffalo) allows calf to suck"

Additional forms : Also Toda moḍf ɨr milch buffalo

Number in DED : 4657

Proto-Nilgiri : *manḍä

Meaning : head

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : maṇḍ

Toda : maḍ

Number in DED : 4682

Proto-Nilgiri : *mandVr-

Meaning : mat

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mandīr(g) "grass sleeping-mat"

Toda : modery

Notes : The Kota form is probably influenced by Tamil/Malayalam (although it is not excluded that the Toda form is borrowed as well).

Number in DED : 4699

Proto-Nilgiri : *mand_

Meaning : village

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mand_ "Toda mund (i. e. village); burning place for dry funeral"

Toda : mod_ (obl. mor_t-) "locus of tribal activity, including village with dairy, dairy apart from village, and funeral place; patrilineal clan"

Additional forms : Also Kota mandm (obl. mandt-) meeting

Number in DED : 4777

Proto-Nilgiri : *maṇĭ

Meaning : bell

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mayṇ "bell, sound of bell, time of day"

Toda : moṇy "sacred bell kept in dairy"

Number in DED : 4672

Proto-Nilgiri : *maṇ-ĭ-

Meaning : to talk, scold, abuse

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mayṇ- (maṇc-)

Number in DED : 4671

Proto-Nilgiri : *manʒ

Meaning : buttermilk

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : manj

Toda : moʒ

Number in DED : 4630

Proto-Nilgiri : *manʒ

Meaning : cloud

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : manj

Toda : moʒ

Number in DED : 4641

Proto-Nilgiri : *maṛ-

Meaning : to worsen; to lose senses

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mag- (magy-), maŋg- (maŋgy-) "(light) becomes less, lose colour (e. g. withering flower), (face) become ugly (through smallpox, etc.)"

Toda : mak ɵot_- (ɵot_y-) "to become senseless"

Additional forms : Also Kota mak- (maky-) to fall into unconsciousness; mak, makl state of unconsciousness

Number in DED : 4750

Proto-Nilgiri : *mar-

Meaning : infatuation caused by love-philtre

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : marg

Additional forms : Also Kota mark mad Kurumba medicine which causes helplessness to resist physical harm

Number in DED : 4722

Proto-Nilgiri : *maṛä

Meaning : rain

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : may

Toda : maw

Additional forms : Also Toda maṣ tɨr_ water running after rain (tɨr_ swamp)

Number in DED : 4753

Proto-Nilgiri : *mard

Meaning : medicine

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mad

Toda : mad

Number in DED : 4719

Proto-Nilgiri : *marǝḷ

Meaning : demon

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : marḷ "voice of demon (picāc) which seizes woman at night and speaks through her"

Toda : marɨḷ ōx- "to lose one's senses"

Notes : Toda marɨḷ is irregular (in most similar cases the cluster undergoes contraction, cf. *irǝl, etc.); influence of or direct borrowing from Kannada is not excluded.

Number in DED : 4723

Proto-Nilgiri : *mar-ǝm

Meaning : tree

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : marm (obl. mart-)

Toda : mēṇ (obl. mēṇt-)

Number in DED : 4711