Proto-Nilgiri : *tal[-ä]
Meaning : head
Kota : tal "head, top, above, superior"
Toda : tal "head, end, edge"
Additional forms : Also Kota talp end (of stick, branch, rope, etc.); Toda tas_ superior division of tī dairy; tas_m top; tas_t which is on top; talp tip (of stick, horn, penis); taš-tɨṇ platform (tɨṇ) against inner wall of house, where vessels, etc., are kept; tes_amf- (tes_amt-) to perform child's hair-cutting and naming ceremony (lit. to prepare head; for -amf-, see 162)
Number in DED : 3103
