Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *aṛĭ-

Meaning : to spend

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : aḷc- (aḷc-) "to be erased; erase"

Toda : oḍy- (oḍs-) "(money) is spent"

Additional forms : Also Kota aḷyv destruction; Toda oḍy- (oḍc-) (stones of ruinous building) slip down; to spend, expend (property at funeral), overcome (in contest)

Notes : Present stem is *aṛ-ĭ- (with suffixal -ĭ-) > Kota -ḷc-, Toda -ḍy-. Past stem for the transitive forms is *aṛ-ĭ-t-, for the intransitive forms *aṛ-ĭ-d- (in Kota *aṛĭt-, *aṛĭd- > *aṛt́- > *aḷc-; in Toda *aṛĭt- > *oḍt́- > *oḍc-, but *aṛĭd- > *aṛyɵ- > *oḍɵ́- > *oḍs-).

Number in DED : 277