Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *taḷ- (*-l-)
Meaning : mother; female
Kui : ṭaḍi "mother, woman, female"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : tāli vwānjū "thumb"
Kuwi (Schulze) : talli "female of animals; mother"
Sunkarametta Kuwi : tali "female of animals"
Additional forms : Also Kui tali female bird or animal, hen; Kuwi_S talli wansu thumb
Notes : Semantical differentiation in Kui is secondary, since -ḍ- and -l- are usually free variants, and no external data confirms the existence of two separate roots here.
Number in DED : 3136
