Kui :kulpa (kult-) "to separate, take out weeds, comb the hair"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) :kirha-kōdali "to comb (oneself)"
Kuwi (Schulze) :kinha koḍḍinai "to comb (oneself)"
Sunkarametta Kuwi :kiṇ- (-h-)
Parja Kuwi :kiṭ- (-it-)
Kuwi (Israel) :kiṇ- (-h-)
Notes :The retroflex resonants *-ḷ- and *-ṇ- have merged in a single phoneme in Kuwi before consonants: the Kuwi_F dialect has preserved the lateral retroflex, which eventually > *-r-, while other dialects had taken over the nasal variant. In Kui -l- seems to be the regular reflex of PK *-ṇ- before consonants after short vowels (like in silpa, 2522); after long vowels -ṛ-/-ṭ- is expected (like in ūṛpa/ūṭpa or sōṛpa, 600 and 2876). However, the vowel -u- in kulpa is absolutely irregular. Maybe it is due to contamination with the root kul- in kulu inba 'to be scattered, unloosed, released' (especially hair). Kuwi_P kuṭ- is a generalisation of the past tense stem.
Additional forms :Also Kui klīri klīri ṛīva to shriek with fear; klīsi klīsi ṛīva to shout with vehemence; Kuwi_S klīrinai, klīri innai to yell
Notes :The form common for both languages is *kileṛi (although we have simple -r- in Kui. maybe it is misspelled, maybe due to vocalic context); in Kui it has been metathesed > *klīri. The form klīsi is specifically a Kui one and should go back to *kil-ci (or *kil-eci). Cf. also PK *klā-.
Number in DED :1574
Proto-Kui-Kuwi :*kilɣu
Meaning :clay, black cotton soil
Kui :kliu, kilu
Number in DED :1381
Proto-Kui-Kuwi :*kin
Meaning :silence
Kui :kin
Additional forms :Also Kui kin inba to be silent; kin ispa to silence
Additional forms :Also Kuwi_F kirpejja, Kuwi_Su kirpeja, Kuwi_Mah kirkūru earwax
Notes :The fact that in PK there was no initial cluster is proved by compound words with no suffixal -y-. In the noun itself, however, this suffix produced various modifications: the most common is metathese for the elimination of an uncommon cluster: *kir-y-u > *kri-y-u. The nasalisation is not quite clear; maybe in some dialects there appeared a secondary -n- in between two other resonants: *kir-y-u > *kir-n-y-u, etc. Similar development in *piṛyu.
Notes :In Kuwi_D *kirli > *krili > *grili. The -n- is either developed from -l- or a separate suffix (very hard to determine because of lack of material).
Notes :The *-n- accounts for -n- in kiringya and nasalisation in other Kuwi forms. The word structure behaves like in *kiryu 'ear', except for Kuttia reflexes.
Notes :In Kuwi_Isr initial g- probably because of contamination with gorpa shell of tortoise, skull.
Number in DED :1555
Proto-Kui-Kuwi :*kis-
Meaning :to shout
Kui :kihpa (kiht-) "to shout, cry out"
Tekriya Kuwi :kīrṛ- (-it-)
Kuwi (Israel) :kīrṛ- (-it-) "to shriek, moan with pain"
Notes :The Kuwi forms, although quoted by B & E in the same entry, are most certainly of a different origin. I strongly suspect they are borrowed from SDR.
Additional forms :Also Kui kīti tickling; kīti āva to be tickled; kīti giva to tickle
Notes :The voicening in Kuwi is mysterious, as well as the long vowel in Kui. External data does not confirm neither of these two phenomena. However, if Kuwi gidori can be traced back to *gidri (which is very probable, since in Kuwi we have simple, not geminated -d-; this should also account for the voicening of -d- itself), the initial voiced *g- can be explained as assimilated to the cluster of two voiced consonants.
Number in DED :1551
Proto-Kui-Kuwi :*klāmb- (< *kā̆l-mb-)
Meaning :family, lineage, kin, tribe, sort, species, kind
Notes :Kuwi_F kalōmi is certainly borrowed from Telugu. However, the other forms are not so certain. Kui klai and Kuwi forms cannot be traced back to a single protostem, so at least one of them should be a borrowing. Since the closest languages - Konda and Gondi - seem to have more Kuwi-like forms, I presume that it is the Kuwi forms that are "authentic". However, klai may also represent an old form with another suffix, so the matter is yet unclear. In Kuwi the vowel is irregularly short, but vowel length can be seen from lack of gemination of -n-.
Kui :klāpa (klāt-) "to crow, coo, lament; n. call of a male bird, lament"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) :krēcali (krēt-; r = ṛ)
Sunkarametta Kuwi :kṛe-/kṛen- (kṛent-)
Additional forms :Also Kui kelpa (kelpi-) to invoke, petition a deity, repeat incantations; n. incantation, invocation; klēga (klēgi-), kleha (klehi-), kēpa (kēpi-) to bewitch, enchant, exert magical powers; n. sorcery, witchcraft
