Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *ner_-äv-

Meaning : to be full

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nerv- (nerd-) "(girl) reaches puberty, (affair) comes to fruition"

Toda : ner_- (ner_ɵ-) "to become full, (girl) reaches puberty, (beard) begins to grow, (moon) becomes full"

Additional forms : Also Kota nert- (nerty-) to bring to fruition; nervēt- (nervēty-) to make ready, finish; Toda ner_f- (ner_t-) to fill (tr.); ner_f full moon; ner_ nōɫ̣ day of full moon; ner_iɫ̣y full moon (in song)

Number in DED : 3682

Proto-Nilgiri : *ner_-ĭ

Meaning : sari worn by goddesses and nymphs

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : ner_y

Number in DED : 2935

Proto-Nilgiri : *neṭ-

Meaning : directly (of motion or of communication)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : neṭēn, neṭēl

Number in DED : 3739

Proto-Nilgiri : *netr

Meaning : blood (in song)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : netr

Toda : nötš, nets_

Number in DED : 3748

Proto-Nilgiri : *net_ĭ

Meaning : forehead

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nec

Toda : nity

Notes : In Toda *nit_y would be expected rather than nity; the attested form is either a dialectal irregularity or represents a peculiar contextual development (after -i-?)

Number in DED : 3759

Proto-Nilgiri : *nēlg-

Meaning : plough

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nēlg

Number in DED : 2907

Proto-Nilgiri : *nēn-

Meaning : stuck

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nēn- (nēnd_-) "to be stuck on high place (tree, cliff) and unable to move up or down"

Toda : ? nēṇ "(Sak.) cradle"

Number in DED : 2912

Proto-Nilgiri : *nēṇ

Meaning : twisted string, string of cane

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : nȫṇ

Additional forms : Also Toda nȫḷ- (nȫḍ-) to make rope of bark

Number in DED : 2908

Proto-Nilgiri : *nēr-

Meaning : to measure the length of

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : nȫṣf- (nȫṣt-)

Additional forms : Also ? Toda nȫb direction

Number in DED : 3772

Proto-Nilgiri : *nēr

Meaning : opposite

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nēr (obl. nēr-, nēt_-)

Number in DED : 3770

Proto-Nilgiri : *nērl

Meaning : Eugenia arnottiana (probably)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nērl

Number in DED : 2917

Proto-Nilgiri : *nēr_

Meaning : yesterday

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nēr (obl. nēt_-)

Toda : ɨnēr_

Additional forms : Also Kota amnēr two days before yesterday

Notes : Toda ɨnēr_ < *ir + *nēr_ 'two-day'.

Number in DED : 3758

Proto-Nilgiri : *nēr_

Meaning : sun (only in songs and in a myth; otherwise pīs_)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : nȫr_

Additional forms : Also Toda nēr_ sun (only in song-unit: ekaṛ ṇēr_ the sun at evening)

Number in DED : 2910

Proto-Nilgiri : *nig-ĭ-

Meaning : to move slightly on base (e. g. of someone sitting)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : nɨxy- (nɨxs-)

Number in DED : 2923

Proto-Nilgiri : *nil-

Meaning : to stand, stand still, stop (kar_ nɨl- [buffalo] stands to be milked, has in negative optionally kar_ nɨs_-, e. g. kar_ nɨs_o ɨr buffalo which does not stand to be milked)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nil-/nin- (nind_-)

Toda : nɨl- (nɨd_-)

Additional forms : Also Kota nilc- (nilc-), ninc- (ninc-) to make to stand; ? nel truth; Toda nilc- (nilč-) to stop (tr.), erect; nɨs_ a place; nɨs_ muxuḷm mist on hills in morning (in song; see 4892); nelp site of house

Number in DED : 3675

Proto-Nilgiri : *nIl-av-

Meaning : moonlight

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : nes_of (obl. nes_ot-)

Number in DED : 3754

Proto-Nilgiri : *niḷ-ǝp-

Meaning : to whistle; n. act of whistling

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : niḷf- (niḷt-)

Number in DED : 2932

Proto-Nilgiri : *niṇ

Meaning : twisted string

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : nɨṇ

Additional forms : Also Toda ar nɨṇ silver waist-string (ar waist)

Number in DED : 3668

Proto-Nilgiri : *nip

Meaning : shoulder

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : nɨp

Number in DED : 3671

Proto-Nilgiri : *nī (obl. *nin-)

Meaning : you (sg.)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nī (obl. nin-/ni-/di-)

Toda : nī (obl. nɨn-)

Number in DED : 3684