Proto-Gondi-Kui : *gaṭ-
Meaning : bank (of river); dam
Notes : Unluckily, this root was widely contaminated with *kaṭ- 'to fasten, tie'. It is not excluded that the root's primary meaning was exclusively 'bank', 'dam' being derived from *kaṭ-; this would make the contamination even easier. Anyway, while in PK and Konda the original opposition seems to have been preserved, it was entirely lost in Gondi (see under *kaṭ-) and probably lost in PPM (if Pengo kaṭa is not a borrowing).
