Proto-Nilgiri : *ir- (*-r_-)
Meaning : tight, difficult
Kota : irg- (irgy-) "to become tight, be compressed, be tightly wedged in"
Toda : ikoṭ "difficulty, narrowness of path"
Additional forms : Also Kota irk- (irky-) to tighten (clothes), pinch, press tightly in crowd; ikaṭ obstruction, esp. on narrow path so that one cannot pass
Notes : Kota ikaṭ, Toda ikoṭ < PN *i-kaṭ < *ir-kaṭ. More probable, however, is that both forms are borrowed from Tamil ikkaṭṭu, because the loss of -r- in Toda is irregular (PN *-rk- > Toda -šk-, PN *-rǝk- > Toda -ṣk-).
Number in DED : 524
