Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *gotgār-

Meaning : treasurer of the village

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gotgārn

Number in DED : 2093

Proto-Nilgiri : *gōḍ

Meaning : wall

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gōṛ (obl. gōṭ-)

Number in DED : 2207

Proto-Nilgiri : *gōḷ

Meaning : sorrow

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gōḷ, gōḷm

Additional forms : Also Kota gōḷō excl. used in songs; gȯ̇̇ in- (id_-) to lament

Number in DED : 2252

Proto-Nilgiri : *gōṇ

Meaning : corner of room

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gōṇ

Number in DED : 2209

Proto-Nilgiri : *gub-

Meaning : crowd, herd

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gub "a division or group of people"

Toda : kubɨl "herd"

Additional forms : Also Kota gubl crowd, herd; gum a plant; Toda kupy crowd, herd, bunch (of coins on neck-chain, or hanging from armlet)

Number in DED : 1741

Proto-Nilgiri : *gudd-

Meaning : to strike

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gud- (gudy-) "to strike with fist, nudge with elbow"

Toda : kud- (kudy-) "to hit with fist, box"

Additional forms : Also Kota gud fist, blow with fist, nudge, distance from elbow to knuckles; Toda kud fist

Number in DED : 1850

Proto-Nilgiri : *guḍǝ-

Meaning : to thunder, rumble

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : guṛg- (guṛgy-) "to thunder"

Toda : kuḍx- (kuḍxy-) "(stomach, thunder) rumbles, (buffalo, man) makes stamping noise in running, (flies) buzz, (fire) crackles"

Additional forms : Also Kota guṛgl thunder; guṛ guṛ in- (id_-) (water) runs with a gurgle; goṛ goṛ in- (id_-) to make noise (stone rattled in pot, bee buzzing about in pot, any swift movement, as of flying, of movement in a narrow place, of train in tunnel); Toda kuḍṣ noise of walking; kuḍɨr_̇̇̇ (ɨn-) noise of god Kōnt_öw opening and shutting his dwelling

Number in DED : 1659

Proto-Nilgiri : *guḍǝk

Meaning : noise of drinking

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : guṛakn "noise of drinking so that water plops inside"

Toda : kuṛk "one swallow of water"

Number in DED : 1658

Proto-Nilgiri : *guḍĭ

Meaning : temple

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : guṛy

Toda : kuṛy "Hindu temple"

Number in DED : 1655

Proto-Nilgiri : *gug-

Meaning : pigeon

Kota : gugrceṭy

Number in DED : 1930

Proto-Nilgiri : *gunḍ-

Meaning : a huge, round stone

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : guṇḍ gal, kal guṇḍ

Additional forms : Also Kota guṇḍ gaṭ a way of tying up a person in a ball

Number in DED : 1695

Proto-Nilgiri : *gur-ĭ-

Meaning : funeral car

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gurykaṭ

Number in DED : 1786

Proto-Nilgiri : *gur_ǐ

Meaning : aim

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : guryv "good aim"

Toda : kur_y "aim"

Additional forms : Also Toda kur_p a mark (made by a person to show he was there)

Notes : Kota kur 'strip of embroidery' hardly belongs here.

Number in DED : 1847

Proto-Nilgiri : *guS-

Meaning : to whisper

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : guc guc in- (id_-)

Additional forms : Also Kota gucgucn in a whisper, secretly

Number in DED : 1638

Proto-Nilgiri : *guṭ-

Meaning : stake, stump

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : guṭḷ "stake to which animal is tied, any large wooden peg"

Toda : kuṭy "a stump"

Number in DED : 1676

Proto-Nilgiri : *guṭur-seṭ-ĭ

Meaning : pigeon cooing

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gugrceṭy "pigeon (lit. the bird that says gugr)"

Toda : kuṭur siṭi̇̇̇ "cooing of pigeons (lit. bird that says kuṭur)"

Notes : Assimilation in Kota.

Number in DED : 2763

Proto-Nilgiri : *gūḍ

Meaning : nest

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gūṛ (obl. gūṭ-) "nest, large hollow, belly (of man or animal), cupboard, shelf"

Toda : kūḍ

Additional forms : Also Kota gūṛārm body cavity; ? Toda kwāṭ-ās_ calf-shed; cowshed of Badaga village

Number in DED : 1883

Proto-Nilgiri : *gūk-

Meaning : owl

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gumn

Toda : kɨ̄x

Notes : Kota gumn < *gūk-mǝn. Toda kɨ̄x < *gūk-ä.

Number in DED : 1871

Proto-Nilgiri : *gūḷĭ (?)

Meaning : bull

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gūḷy "bull belonging to a dead man, that is released from work until its death"

Toda : kūḷy "stud bull"

Notes : Possible borrowing from SDR - in Toda, *kūɫ̣y would have been expected.

Number in DED : 1917

Proto-Nilgiri : *gūs-

Meaning : to lie in a heap

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : gūc- (gūc-) "to lie or fall in a mass, (rain) pours down; put down in a mass"

Toda : kūs- (kūsy-) "to be heaped up"

Additional forms : Also Kota gūcl heap of fuel; Toda kūsɨl a heap

Number in DED : 1877