Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-Dravidian : *nar_- (?)

Meaning : night

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Nark-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nar_k-

Notes : Comparison with Tamil nallam 'charcoal' is phonetically dubious.

Proto-Dravidian : *nar_-Vk-

Meaning : to cut, scratch

Proto-South Dravidian: *nar_-uk-

Proto-Telugu : *nar_-ak-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nar_k-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nark-

Proto-Dravidian : *nas-

Meaning : to fade, waste away

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nas-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nas-

Proto-Dravidian : *nat-

Meaning : snail

Proto-South Dravidian: *nat-

Proto-Telugu : *natt-a

Proto-Dravidian : *nav-

Meaning : female

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nav-i

Proto-Telugu : *naval-

Notes : A Tamil-Telugu isogloss.

Proto-Dravidian : *nav- (*-m-)

Meaning : to trouble; to decline

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nav-ai-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nam- (?)

Proto-Dravidian : *navir

Meaning : hair

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Proto-South Dravidian: *navir

Notes : A Tamil-Kannada isogloss.

Proto-Dravidian : *ńavuḍ- (*l-?)

Meaning : lip

Proto-South Dravidian: *ńavuḍ-

Proto-Telugu : *avuḍ-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Navṭ-

Proto-North Dravidian : *lauṭ-ō

Notes : Although *l- is not normally reconstructed for PDR, it is nevertheless very tempting to compare this root with IE *lab- 'lip' (Latin labrum, etc.)

Proto-Dravidian : *naǯǯ-

Meaning : to crush; to subdue

Proto-South Dravidian: *na(ǯ)ǯ-

Proto-Telugu : *naǯǯ-

Proto-Dravidian : *nāḍ-

Meaning : village

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nāḍ-

Proto-Telugu : *nāḍ-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nād_-

Proto-Dravidian : *ńād_-

Meaning : to smell

Proto-South Dravidian: *ńār_-

Proto-Telugu : *net- (?)

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Nad_- (*-e-, *-d-)

Proto-Dravidian : *nāg-

Meaning : young; female

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nāg-

Proto-Telugu : *nāg-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Nāg- (*-v-)

Proto-Dravidian : *nāg- (?)

Meaning : earring

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Nāg-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nāg-

Notes : Rather local root.

Proto-Dravidian : *nājk- (?)

Meaning : to lick

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nak-

Proto-Telugu : *nāk-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *nājk-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nāk-

Notes : The irregular correspondences (vowel length/vowel shortness, occasional -ē- reflexes in distant languages, from Kannada to Parji to Pengo) speak in favour of a j-cluster in the inlaut.

Proto-Dravidian : *ńāj(t)-

Meaning : dog

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nāj-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ńajt-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nāj-

Proto-Dravidian : *nāl-

Meaning : four

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nāl-

Proto-Telugu : *nāl-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *nāl-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nāl-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nā-

Proto-Dravidian : *nāḷ-

Meaning : day; tomorrow

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nāḷ-

Proto-Telugu : *nāḷ-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *naḷ

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nāḷ-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nēl-ā

Proto-Dravidian : *ńāḷ-

Meaning : night

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Proto-South Dravidian: *naḷ-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ńāḷ

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nāḷ-

Brahui : nan

Notes : Unexplainable shortness in Tamil; one should also note the feeble position of the root in SDR (dialectal Tamil form with unexplainable vowel shortness).

Proto-Dravidian : *nāl_-

Meaning : tongue

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nā(v)-[lVg-]

Proto-Telugu : *nālVk-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *nālk-/*nav[ŋ]-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nāl-

Proto-Dravidian : *nāl_- (*-n-)

Meaning : wet; cold

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nāl_-

Proto-Telugu : *nān-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Nān-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nānd-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nānj-

Notes : Assimilation with initial n-? External data, however, points to an original *-n-.