Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *vaj-

Meaning : to keep, place; beget, bear (child)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : vay- (vac-)

Toda : poy- (poc-)

Additional forms : Also Kota vayety (pair word with vadk property); vayety kurl young cow that is fit for mating (3 years old; for kurl, cf. 1791)

Number in DED : 5549

Proto-Nilgiri : *vaj-

Meaning : abuse

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : vayḷ

Additional forms : Also Kota ? vēk mēk in- (id_-) to make sport of someone

Number in DED : 5550

Proto-Nilgiri : *vakr-ǝv-

Meaning : to cut into strips (meat to roast or to dry for pemmican)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : vav- (vavd-)

Number in DED : 5363

Proto-Nilgiri : *val

Meaning : right

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : val "powerful, very, right"

Toda : pas_

Additional forms : Also Kota val kay right hand; val(n) man who is clever at cheating; fem. valy, valc; val paṭ excessive; valc- (valc-) (man) becomes stout, (heart) becomes bold, (grain) becomes solid lump when boiled; Toda pas_ koy right hand; paly- (pals-) (child) becomes strong; palym (obl. palyt-) force

Notes : Are Toda forms with -l- borrowed from SDR?

Number in DED : 5276

Proto-Nilgiri : *vaḷ-

Meaning : a measure

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : vaḷm (obl. vaḷt-) "a grain measure (= 3 oḷk)"

Toda : poḷm (obl. poḷt-) "a bamboo vessel"

Additional forms : Also Kota valm (obl. valt-) round grain-storage basket

Number in DED : 5315

Proto-Nilgiri : *vaḶ-

Meaning : life; custom

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : vaḷc- (vaḷc-) "to use (pots, vessels, plates, etc.)"

Toda : poḷc- (poḷč-) "to live, be alive, get on in life (or with 5372)"

Additional forms : Also Kota vaḷkm (obl. vaḷkt-) usual practice, custom; Toda poḷp way of living, means of livelihood (or with 5372)

Number in DED : 5292

Proto-Nilgiri : *vaḷ-

Meaning : leather strap to turn the churnstick

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : poɫ̣f

Number in DED : 5305

Proto-Nilgiri : *vaḷ- (*p-)

Meaning : to bend down

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : paɫ̣- (paɫ̣ɵ-)

Additional forms : Also Toda paḷg curvedness, crooked; paḷy bow-legged, club-footed

Number in DED : 5314

Proto-Nilgiri : *valār-ĭ

Meaning : Jamaica switch sorrel

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : valāry

Toda : pas_ōr

Number in DED : 5410

Proto-Nilgiri : *val-ä

Meaning : net

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : val "net, box-trap for rats made of netting"

Toda : pal

Number in DED : 5288

Proto-Nilgiri : *vaḷ-ä-

Meaning : to walk; to drive

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : vaḷc- (vaḷc-) "to walk in a circle, make round"

Toda : paɫ̣f- (paɫ̣t-) "to drive (buffalo) with accompanying buffaloes (at funeral, or in purchase)"

Additional forms : Also Kota vaḷ bangle; vaḷ cārym all around; Toda paɫ̣ ɨr buffaloes that are driven to funeral with buffalo that is to be slaughtered; paɫ̣ ring at head of churning stick; paḷ circle, bangle (borrowed?)

Number in DED : 5313

Proto-Nilgiri : *vaḷ-ĭ (*p-)

Meaning : way to do something

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : poḷy

Additional forms : Also Toda ? pyūk (obl. pyūk- or pyūkt-) behind; ? pokɨn (to sit or walk) aimlessly, without doing or saying anything

Number in DED : 5297

Proto-Nilgiri : *vanḍ

Meaning : bastard

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : vaḍ "woman's lewd conduct which results in a bastard child"

Toda : poḍ mox "child which is illegitimate because bow was not given to mother"

Additional forms : Also Kota vaḍ mog bastard child; baṇḍv lewdness (of a woman who has intercourse with many men); (senseless) cattle, domestic animals

Notes : Kota baṇḍv < Kannada.

Number in DED : 3902

Proto-Nilgiri : *va(n)ḍ

Meaning : a kind of large fly

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : poḍ

Number in DED : 5239

Proto-Nilgiri : *var

Meaning : time; direction

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : var "appointed time for event, time appointed for death"

Toda : par "direction, horizon line"

Number in DED : 5261

Proto-Nilgiri : *var-

Meaning : roof; to thatch

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : varj- (varj-) "to wrap, wind"

Toda : pary "roof of hut"

Additional forms : Also Kota vayr roof

Number in DED : 5264

Proto-Nilgiri : *var-

Meaning : Nilgiri ibex

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : par ōṛ

Additional forms : Also Toda ? par crevice in cliff

Number in DED : 5274

Proto-Nilgiri : *var-ăv-

Meaning : to write

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : varv- (vard-)

Toda : par- (parɵ-)

Additional forms : Also Kota var letter of alphabet; scar; Toda par writing, life-line in hand

Number in DED : 5263

Proto-Nilgiri : *vaṛdaṇ

Meaning : Solanum indicum

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : vaṛdaṇ

Toda : poɵaṇ

Number in DED : 5301

Proto-Nilgiri : *var-ĭ

Meaning : tax paid to government or to Kurumbas, tax paid by Badaga to Kota

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : vary

Number in DED : 5266