Proto-Nilgiri : *tuḍ-
Meaning : to burn
Kota : tuṛ- (tuṭ-) "to roast, bake (pots), burn (corpses)"
Toda : tuṛ- (tuṭ-) "to burn (tr.)"
Additional forms : Also Kota cuṛ gāṛ funeral burning-place; cūṛ (obl. cūṭ-) heat, a burn, spark thrown off by hammered iron; pair-word with pāṛ hardship (pāṛ cūṛ)
Notes : Kota forms with c- probably borrowed from Kannada (the bifurcation of the original root in two is hard to explain otherwise).
Number in DED : 2654
