Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-Dravidian : *nām

Meaning : we (incl.)

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nām

Proto-Telugu : *manam-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nām (obl. nam-)

Notes : See *njā[n]d_ id. for discussion.

Proto-Dravidian : *nāmb-

Meaning : to be thin

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *nāmb-

Notes : A Tamil-Kannada isogloss.

Proto-Dravidian : *nāṇ-

Meaning : shame

Proto-South Dravidian: *nāṇ-

Proto-Telugu : *nān-a

Proto-Dravidian : *ńāṇ-

Meaning : rope, necklace

Proto-South Dravidian: *ńēṇ-

Proto-Telugu : *nān-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nōṇ- (?)

Notes : Can the PGn root belong here?

Proto-Dravidian : *nāṇ-

Meaning : a k. of grass (kaus)

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nāṇal-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nān-

Proto-Dravidian : *nānd_-

Meaning : female relative

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *and-il (*-nd_-)

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nānd_-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nāsg-

Notes : Tamil nāttan_ār, etc.? The lack of nasal in PKG is unclear; maybe it is due to a reinterpretation of the root as *n-ānd_- with *n- being a possessive prefix.

Proto-Dravidian : *[n]ā[n]d_

Meaning : we (incl.)

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *nēnḍ

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ād_

Notes : It is not excluded that the Central Dravidian stem for the inclusive pronoun is more archaic than South Drav. and North Drav. *nām, since the latter forms could have easily been restructured by analogy with the 1st p. pl.

Proto-Dravidian : *nāŋūẓ-

Meaning : earthworm

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nāŋūẓ-

Proto-Dravidian : *nār-

Meaning : rope

Proto-South Dravidian: *nār-

Proto-Telugu : *nār-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *nār-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nā̆r-

Proto-Dravidian : *nāṬ-

Meaning : to fix, settle

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Proto-South Dravidian: *naḍ-u-/*nāṭ-

Proto-Telugu : *naṭṭ-/*nāḍ-

Notes : Cf. also Konda naṭ-. Maybe two roots.

Proto-Dravidian : *nāt-

Meaning : husband's sister

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nāt-

Proto-Dravidian : *ńegg-

Meaning : loose, weak, relaxed

Proto-South Dravidian: *ńeg-

Proto-Telugu : *negg-

Proto-Dravidian : *neɣ-

Meaning : good

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nēg- (*-ɣ-)

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Nij-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *neɣ-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nek-

Notes : The vowel length in SDR (Tulu) is strange.

Proto-Dravidian : *nej-

Meaning : oil, ghee

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Proto-South Dravidian: *nej-

Proto-Telugu : *nej-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *nej

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nij

Proto-Dravidian : *nej-

Meaning : to weave

Proto-South Dravidian: *nej-

Proto-Telugu : *nēj-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nej-

Proto-North Dravidian : *es- (?)

Notes : Burrow and Emeneau put PNDR *es- here, but this is hardly possible (neither the anlaut, nor the auslaut consonantism does not match).

Proto-Dravidian : *nej-tor

Meaning : blood

Proto-South Dravidian: *nej-tō̆r

Proto-Telugu : *nettur-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *netur

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nej-tor

Brahui : ditar

Notes : Compound: *nej- 'oil, ghee' + *tōr- 'to flow'.

Proto-Dravidian : *nejt_-

Meaning : forehead

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Proto-South Dravidian: *net_-i

Proto-Telugu : *nett-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *net- (*-t_-)

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nejt-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nitl-

Proto-Dravidian : *neK-

Meaning : to fill up (as a pit)

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Proto-South Dravidian: *ne(g)g-

Proto-Dravidian : *nel-

Meaning : moon

Proto-South Dravidian: *nIl-a-

Proto-Telugu : *nel-a

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *nel-, *nel-nǯ

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nel-nǯ-

Proto-Dravidian : *nel-

Meaning : tamarind, myrobalan

Proto-South Dravidian: *nel-i

Proto-Telugu : *nell-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Nel-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nel-