Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *met-ĭ

Meaning : fenugreek, Trigonella foenum-graecum

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : möty

Number in DED : 5072

Proto-Nilgiri : *mēj-

Meaning : to graze

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mēy- (mēc-)

Toda : mīy- (mīs-)

Additional forms : Also Kota mēc- (mēc-) to make to graze; Toda mīc- (mīč-) to make to graze

Notes : Irregular -ī- in Toda; peculiar contextual development?

Number in DED : 5093

Proto-Nilgiri : *mē[l]-

Meaning : high

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mē mūl "higher place, up, western side"

Toda : mēl "up, high (in songs)"

Additional forms : Also Kota mē cīm western part of Nilgiris; mē kay, mē kī upper arm; mēŋ gaṇ eyes turned up in death; mēkī- (mēkaṛt-) to get up (cf. 1109); mēkaṛc- (mēkaṛc-) to make to get up; Toda mētal upper border of waistcloth; mētɨṇ sleeping platform on right side of house; mēlpāw upstream; -mil upon, on, over; concerning, about; (one) after/upon (another)

Number in DED : 5086

Proto-Nilgiri : *mēṛ

Meaning : handle of plough

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mēy

Number in DED : 5097

Proto-Nilgiri : *mic-

Meaning : remainder

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : micm

Toda : mičm

Additional forms : Also ? Toda misx- (misxy-) to pollute dairy by transgressing rules

Number in DED : 4838

Proto-Nilgiri : *miḍ

Meaning : neck

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : miṛ "front of neck; neck of pot"

Toda : mɨṛ (obl. mɨṛ-, mɨṛt-)

Number in DED : 4847

Proto-Nilgiri : *miḍǝb

Meaning : heel

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : miṛb

Toda : mɨḍb "a callous"

Additional forms : Also Kota miṛb orv- to rub heel on stone to remove callous

Number in DED : 4649

Proto-Nilgiri : *mik-

Meaning : to be left over

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mik- (miky-) "to be left over, be saved from death"

Toda : mik- (miky-) "to be left over, remain"

Additional forms : Also Kota mikc- (mikc-) to save (money, life); Toda mixc- (mixč-) to save, put by; mɨxɨl remainder

Notes : Since Kota mikc- and Toda mixc- do not form exact matches, we may assume that these causative formations are secondary.

Number in DED : 4838

Proto-Nilgiri : *miḷ-ĭ

Meaning : rope made of two leather thongs (runs from yoke to head of ploughshare)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : miḷy

Number in DED : 4868

Proto-Nilgiri : *minc-, *mīn

Meaning : to flash

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : minc- (minc-) "to flash, glitter, be dazzling, lighten"

Toda : mic- (mič-) "to flash, lighten"

Additional forms : Also Kota mīn star; Toda mic lightning (in songs); mīn star

Number in DED : 4876

Proto-Nilgiri : *miṇḍ-

Meaning : to refuse to obey or listen; kick

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : miṇḍ- (miṇḍy-)

Number in DED : 4846

Proto-Nilgiri : *miṇḍ-

Meaning : paramour

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : miṇḍṇ, muṇḍṇ

Number in DED : 4858

Proto-Nilgiri : *miŋ-

Meaning : to swallow

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : miŋg- (miŋgy-)

Additional forms : Also Kota miŋg act of swallowing

Number in DED : 4866

Proto-Nilgiri : *mis-

Meaning : to move

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mick- (micky-) "to yield to importunity"

Toda : misx- (misxy-) "to move (intr.), slightly upward from position, budge"

Additional forms : Also Toda misk- (misky-) to lift slightly from ground

Number in DED : 4839

Proto-Nilgiri : *mīḍ-

Meaning : to drive (buffaloes) on migration

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : mīṛ- (mīṛy-), mēṛ- (mēṛy-)

Number in DED : 4882

Proto-Nilgiri : *mīḍ- (?)

Meaning : to look fiercely

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : mɨ̄ḍ- (mɨ̄ḍɵ-)

Number in DED : 5075

Proto-Nilgiri : *mīj-

Meaning : to bathe (used of the priest of the tī, i. e. the most sacred grade of dairy)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : mīy- (mīd-)

Number in DED : 4878

Proto-Nilgiri : *mīl

Meaning : peacock

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mīl

Toda : mīs_

Number in DED : 4642

Proto-Nilgiri : *mīḷ (*-ū-)

Meaning : marrow

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mīḷ

Number in DED : 5051

Proto-Nilgiri : *mīn

Meaning : fish

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mīn

Toda : mīn

Number in DED : 4885