Proto-Nilgiri : *kavä
Meaning : branch; fork
Kota : kav "forked stick, fork of branch"
Toda : kafy "forked stick, double peak of a hill, hair of a god or of priest of tī dairy"
Additional forms : Also Kota kavc gōl forked stick used as potholder; kavṛ forked branch
Notes : Unclear -y in Toda (normally just *kaf would be expected). The form is either dialectal or has undergone Kannada influence.
Number in DED : 1325
