Proto-Nilgiri : *al-
Meaning : not to be
Kota : alā "(for all persons and numbers) to be not so-and-so"
Toda : alos_y "except (lit. not being)"
Additional forms : Also Kota alād which is not so-and-so; bad; except, besides, not only but also; alāvōr bad men; alātmēl if/since it is not so
Number in DED : 234