Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *mug-

Meaning : to salute

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mūv- (mūd-)

Toda : koy mux- (muxɵ-)

Additional forms : Also Kota kay mūv- to make an añjali; movc- (movc-) (priest) prays to god for someone else, moving right hand up and down

Number in DED : 4893

Proto-Nilgiri : *mug-

Meaning : (one's days) are numbered, finished

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : mux- (muxɵ-)

Number in DED : 4891

Proto-Nilgiri : *muguḷ-

Meaning : (person) squats on heels, (tiger) sits on haunches

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : muguḷm ɨr- (ɨɵ-)

Number in DED : 5003

Proto-Nilgiri : *muguḷ-

Meaning : mist on hills in morning (in song; see 3675)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : nɨs_ muxuḷm

Number in DED : 4892

Proto-Nilgiri : *mujäl

Meaning : hare

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : molm

Toda : mǖs_

Number in DED : 4968

Proto-Nilgiri : *muk-

Meaning : to strain

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : muk- (muky-) "to strain to deliver child, make a strenuous effect"

Toda : muk- (muky-) "to grunt while defecating when constipated; hesitate"

Additional forms : Also Kota muk act of straining, great effort

Number in DED : 4896

Proto-Nilgiri : *muk

Meaning : up, west

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : muk, (Töwfiɫ̣y dialect) mok

Number in DED : 5128

Proto-Nilgiri : *muk

Meaning : edge

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : muk

Additional forms : Also Toda muṣk corner, edge (?)

Notes : Toda muṣk would be better to compare with *mur- 'to bend', etc.

Number in DED : 4898

Proto-Nilgiri : *mukū

Meaning : snot

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mukū

Number in DED : 4909

Proto-Nilgiri : *muḷ

Meaning : thorn

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : muḷ

Toda : muɫ̣

Additional forms : Also Kota miḷyp thorny plants; Toda muḷ digging-fork; Toda muḷ-ody porcupine (< Badaga); müɫ̣y sp. thorny plant; penis

Notes : Toda muḷ is a borrowing.

Number in DED : 4995

Proto-Nilgiri : *muḷ-

Meaning : to be lost

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : muḷg- (muḷgy-) "to be lost to one completely"

Toda : muḷx- (muḷxy-) "to be destroyed"

Additional forms : Also Kota muḷk- (muḷky-) to make to suffer great loss; have intercourse with thoroughly; Toda muḷk- (muḷky-) to destroy

Number in DED : 4993

Proto-Nilgiri : *muḷ-ĭ-

Meaning : to be dry (of leaves, flowers)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : müɫ̣y- (müɫ̣s-)

Number in DED : 4996

Proto-Nilgiri : *mun(d)-

Meaning : front

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mun-, mu- "front, fore"

Toda : mudk "in front; next year (? -k dative suffix)"

Additional forms : Also Kota mund, mind previous time, state of being before in space; mundal, mindal being first or before; mund- (mundy-), mind- (mindy-) to go in front, act first; mundy [gerund] before; mon point; muŋgār forward, in front, early; Toda mudāl first; mubōy fas_ front teeth; mun in front (MBE 1974b, p. 64, K78); former (mun gōs_tk in former times, < *mun gōs_m, DBIA, no. 97); mɨn sharp point, top of hill; mɨnp sharp end of horn

Number in DED : 5020

Proto-Nilgiri : *munḍ

Meaning : cloth

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : muṇḍ "waistcloth"

Toda : muḍ "cloth worn over shoulders by Badaga women (< Badaga muṇḍu)"

Number in DED : 4947

Proto-Nilgiri : *muṇḍ-ĭ

Meaning : state of man unable to pay debt, rent, or contribution

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : muṇḍy

Number in DED : 4936

Proto-Nilgiri : *mu-nēr_

Meaning : day before yesterday

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : minēr "any day before yesterday"

Toda : munēr_

Notes : See *mun(d)-. Interesting umlaut in Kota.

Number in DED : 5020

Proto-Nilgiri : *mu-niv-

Meaning : to stretch and groan when one wakes

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : muniv- (munivd-)

Additional forms : Also Kota mūnj- (mūnj-) to jerk spasmodically and groan in sleep (4977)

Number in DED : 2922

Proto-Nilgiri : *muŋ

Meaning : a kiss

Kota : muŋg

Number in DED : 4886

Proto-Nilgiri : *muṛ-

Meaning : to bow to the ground before god or god-like person

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : aḍ mug- (muṛt-)

Number in DED : 5123

Proto-Nilgiri : *muṛ-ǝv-

Meaning : to become angry (e. g. Kurumba who consequently practises sorcery)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : muf- (mut-)

Additional forms : Also Toda mūp ōx- (ōy-) to be pettish, ask in coaxing whine; mūp xɨy- (xɨs-) to spoil (a child)

Number in DED : 4991