Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *mār-

Meaning : to be in rut

Toda : mōšt- (mōšty-)

Additional forms : Also Toda mɨnt passion, heat (of female buffalo); mɨn ušt- (ušty-) (female) is passionate and arouses passion

Number in DED : 4706

Proto-Nilgiri : *mār (*-r_)

Meaning : chest

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mār (obl. mār, māt_-) "chest; fathom"

Toda : mōr, mōr_ "chest, breast (in songs)"

Additional forms : Also Kota mārap covering shoulders with cloak and holding it in front with both hands

Notes : Curious variation between dental and alveolar articulation in both Kota and Toda. Dialectal peculiarities?

Number in DED : 4818

Proto-Nilgiri : *mār_-

Meaning : to change

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mār- (māry-) "to change (intr.), (sun) sets, sell"

Toda : mōr_- (mōr_y-) "to change (intr.), sell"

Additional forms : Also Kota māraṭm (obl. māraṭt-) sale; māt- (māty-) to change (intr., tr.); māt_āv white clothes; mānt word, language; Toda mōr_y seller; mōt_- (mōt_y-) to change (way, path); mōt_of (obl. mōt_ot-) beautiful clothes, beauty (given by god to cock); mōt- (mōty-) to change (clothes); mōt change; words, speech (in songs); mōt_ equality (e. g. of two lines of sitting persons)

Number in DED : 4834

Proto-Nilgiri : *māS

Meaning : afterbirth

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : māc

Number in DED : 4783

Proto-Nilgiri : *māS

Meaning : dirt on face, hands, or body

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : māc

Number in DED : 4792

Proto-Nilgiri : *māṭ-

Meaning : to kindle

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : māṭ- (māc-) "to make (fire) burn"

Toda : mōṭ- (mōṭy-) "to put fuel on fire"

Number in DED : 4801

Proto-Nilgiri : *māṭ-

Meaning : sorcery that kills

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : mōṭoṇm (obl. mōṭoṇt-)

Number in DED : 4800

Proto-Nilgiri : *māv

Meaning : deer

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : māv

Toda : mōf

Number in DED : 4780

Proto-Nilgiri : *māv-

Meaning : mango fruit

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : mōfɨn bum

Additional forms : Also Toda mōfɨn mēṇ mango tree

Number in DED : 4782

Proto-Nilgiri : *mec-

Meaning : to praise

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mec-

Number in DED : 4722

Proto-Nilgiri : *meḍ

Meaning : dullness of senses

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : meḍ

Additional forms : Also Kota meḍṇ dull man; fem. meḍy

Number in DED : 5135

Proto-Nilgiri : *med-ǝl

Meaning : brain

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : medl

Number in DED : 5062

Proto-Nilgiri : *mel-

Meaning : to soften

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : melg- (melgy-) "to soften (intr.) by action of water or heat"

Toda : mes_x- (mes_xy-) "(thing) becomes soaked and softened"

Additional forms : Also Kota melk- (melky-) to soften (tr.); Toda mes_k- (mes_ky-) to soak (tr.) so as to soften; mely slowly, stealthily; meli̇̇̇ very slowly

Number in DED : 5078

Proto-Nilgiri : *meḷǝg

Meaning : pepper

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : meḷg "chilli"

Toda : möɫ̣x

Number in DED : 4867

Proto-Nilgiri : *melk

Meaning : cud, mouthful

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mek

Toda : meɫ̣k

Number in DED : 5077

Proto-Nilgiri : *mendĭ

Meaning : mattress, bed

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : med

Toda : midy

Number in DED : 5068

Proto-Nilgiri : *mendĭ

Meaning : upper story

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : med "upstairs room covering whole house"

Toda : midy

Number in DED : 5069

Proto-Nilgiri : *meṛ-

Meaning : wax; dung

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mek "bee's wax"

Toda : möšk- (möšky-) "to smear with dung of buffaloes as a ritual purification"

Additional forms : Also Kota mek- (meky-) to cleanse floor with cowdung water; Toda möṣk wax

Number in DED : 5082

Proto-Nilgiri : *meṭ-

Meaning : to trample

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : meṭ- (mec-) "to trample on, tread on"

Toda : möṭ- (möṭy-) "to trample on"

Additional forms : Also Kota meṭ sole of foot, footstep, footprint; Toda möṭ step, tread, wooden-soled sandal

Number in DED : 5057

Proto-Nilgiri : *met-

Meaning : to plaster, smear

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : met- (mety-)

Additional forms : Also Kota metc- (metc-) to smear

Number in DED : 5066