Additional forms :Also Kota ? neg- (negy-) to be close-woven; negc- (negc-) to make close-woven; Toda nes- (nesɵ-), nīɵ- (nīɵ-) to weave
Notes :Toda nes- "weave" is a strange form; the past stem in -ɵ- indicates that it should have been bisyllabic, but external evidence does not show any bisyllabic variants of the same root.
Additional forms :Also Toda nes_n ground (in songs); nes_oṭ- (nes_oṭy-) to put forehead to something (e. g. ground) ceremonially, put to forehead in salutation (see 79)
Toda :nis_f- (nis_ɵ-) "to make fire by twirling firesticks"
Additional forms :Also Toda nis_y firesticks; nis_ koṇ hole in fireboard in which stick is twirled to make fire; nis_ kwɨ̄l firesticks used at tī dairy
Notes :Extremely irregular vowel correspondences. External evidence points to *-e-, but this can only account for Toda nɨʒ (cf. the development of PN *kevǐ); Kota -a- remains completely unexplained.
Kota :nerv- (nerd-) "to stand or be in a line (e. g. in dancing in a circle, in going along in company)"
Toda :ner- (nerɵ-) "to go in a line (people, ants), be in a line (trees), sit in a line"
Additional forms :Also Kota nert- (nerty-) to make to stand in line; Toda ner row, line; nerm (obl. nert-) companion on journey; er- (erɵ-) to sit in rows, walk in single file
Number in DED :3673
Proto-Nilgiri :*neṛǝl
Meaning :shade, reflection, relics preserved for second funeral
Additional forms :Also Toda nēl poɫ̣y house in which relics are kept, hut at male funeral place; nēl kal flint; nēt_wɨ̄r_- (nēt_wɨ̄r_y-) to be reflected (lit. to be visible as a reflection; for twɨ̄r_-, see 3566); nēt_wɨ̄k- (nēt_wɨ̄ky-) to toll bell while mourning over relics between funerals (lit. to lift bell for/over the relics; for twɨ̄k-, see 3376)
