Proto-Nilgiri : *er_ĭ-
Meaning : to cut
Kota : eyr- (erc-) "to cut, kill, slaughter (animal); (head) aches"
Toda : er_y- (er_s-) "to throw, cut, sting, charge with horns, sacrifice"
Additional forms : Also Kota eyrl a cut; ? et- (ety-) to fight; ērp a cut, blow; ēr(p) pāṛ pain of wound; Toda ? -et_- (-et_y-) mediative-causative suffix (e. g. tɨnet_- to cause to eat); ox et_ to make broad
Notes : Toda et_- phonetically is a good match for Tamil er_r_u, but the semantic connection is dubious. Vice versa for Kota et-, where the semantics is good, but we should rather be expecting *et_-.
Number in DED : 859
