Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *āḍ-

Meaning : to move, dance

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : āṛ- (āc-) "to move, move violently, dance, play, speak, have sexual intercourse"

Toda : ōḍ- (ōḍy-) "to move violently, dance"

Additional forms : Also Kota āṛc- (āṛc-) to make to move violently, stir, sprinkle, disturb; āṭ- (āc-) to give birth to (child); āṭ dance, game; āṭm one's turn in game; āṭḷ song of grief; Toda ōḍc- (ōḍč-) to make to dance, drive (buffaloes) around in pen at funeral; ōṭ- (ōṭy-) to shake violently, weep, embroider

Number in DED : 347

Proto-Nilgiri : *ādār-

Meaning : road, path

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ādāry

Number in DED : 3170

Proto-Nilgiri : *āg-

Meaning : to side with, connive with

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : wāx ōx-

Number in DED : 4053

Proto-Nilgiri : *āj-

Meaning : to pick up, pluck

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : āy- (āc-)

Number in DED : 363

Proto-Nilgiri : *āk

Meaning : swamp

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : āk

Additional forms : Also Kota ā(k) kāṛ swampy land

Number in DED : 336

Proto-Nilgiri : *āḷ

Meaning : man

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : āḷ "man, servant, husband"

Toda : ōɫ̣ "man, Toda"

Additional forms : Also Toda ōḷ coolie (< Tamil)

Number in DED : 399

Proto-Nilgiri : *āḷ-

Meaning : to own

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : āṇ- (āḍ-) "to possess, rule, keep, own"

Toda : ōḷ- (ōḍ-) "to own (buffaloes), rule"

Number in DED : 5157

Proto-Nilgiri : *āl

Meaning : banyan

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : āl

Number in DED : 382

Proto-Nilgiri : *āḷ-/*āṛ-

Meaning : depth, deep place in river

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : āḷm (obl. āḷt-)

Toda : ōḷm (obl. ōḷt-)

Additional forms : Also Toda nȫr_ ōf- (ōt-) to make sun drink (in one legend only); ōf- (ōt-) to run into foot; to sink (post) in ground; ōos_y (thorns) not running into feet (in song; ? < Badaga); ? ōṛɵ not being; ōṛɵ ōɫ̣ man who is not (here); ōṛɵfoy ōɫ̣ man who died (here); ōṛɵi it is not ('not to be' < 'to sink, to disappear')

Number in DED : 396

Proto-Nilgiri : *ām

Meaning : we (excl.)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ām (obl. em-)

Toda : em (obl. em-)

Notes : In Toda em (dir. st.) by analogy with the obl. st.

Number in DED : 5154

Proto-Nilgiri : *ām

Meaning : we (incl.)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ām (obl. am-)

Toda : om (obl. om-)

Notes : In Toda om (dir. st.) by analogy with the obl. st.

Number in DED : 5154

Proto-Nilgiri : *āmǝ[-ḷg/-nḍ]

Meaning : castor-oil plant

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : āmaṇḍ

Toda : ōmuḷg

Notes : The stem displays the same irregular variation in the auslaut position as the rest of the Dravidian languages.

Number in DED : 360

Proto-Nilgiri : *āmīr

Meaning : Gaultheria fragrantissima, winter-green (bright blue, edible berries)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : āmīr giṛv

Toda : ēmɨr

Number in DED : 361

Proto-Nilgiri : *ān

Meaning : I

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ān (obl. en-; e- with some relationship terms)

Toda : ōn (obl. en-)

Number in DED : 5160

Proto-Nilgiri : *ān-

Meaning : hail

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ān-gal

Number in DED : 355

Proto-Nilgiri : *ānä

Meaning : elephant

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ān

Toda : ān

Number in DED : 5161

Proto-Nilgiri : *ā[n]ḍ-

Meaning : in song-unit: ōḍy fodafng to one who comes begging

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : ōḍy

Number in DED : 356

Proto-Nilgiri : *ā-p

Meaning : wedge, peg, stake

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : āp

Number in DED : 340

Proto-Nilgiri : *ār

Meaning : who

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ār, dār, idār "who (sg., pl.)"

Toda : ōry (obl. ōr-)

Additional forms : Also Toda in what; why; ī what (ī xɨy- to do what; freely used in song)

Number in DED : 5151

Proto-Nilgiri : *ār-

Meaning : to shout

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ār- (āt-) "to call"

Toda : ōṣf- (ōṣt-) "to dance (of Todas; really, to shout ɔ̄hau hau while dancing)"

Additional forms : Also Toda āfoṛ- (āfoṭ-) to talk (in general, to one another, a language)

Notes : Toda āfoṛ- = Kan. ārbaṭ-isu.

Number in DED : 367