Kui-Kuwi etymology : Query result

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sānǯ- (*c-)

Meaning : to be proper, good, right, beautiful, bright; n. goodness, beauty; adv. beautifully

Kui : sānja (sānji-)

Additional forms : Also Kui pl. action sāska (sāski-)

Number in DED : 2457

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sāp-u

Meaning : thorn

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : sāpu

Khuttia Kui : hāpu

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : hāpū

Kuwi (Schulze) : hāpu

Sunkarametta Kuwi : hāpu (pl. hāpka)

Parja Kuwi : hāpu (pl. hāpka)

Number in DED : 2468

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sār-

Meaning : to remain; left over

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : sāra (sāri-) "to be in excess, exceed; n. excess; adv. exceedingly"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : hār- "to remain, be left over"

Kuwi (Schulze) : hārinai "to remain"

Additional forms : Also Kui srāppa (srāpt-) to cause to exceed; srāpsi more, excessively; Kuwi_S hāri kīnai to spare; hāra, hāreka many, much

Number in DED : 2461

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sār-u

Meaning : salt

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : sāru

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : hārū

Kuwi (Schulze) : hāru

Sunkarametta Kuwi : hāru

Number in DED : 2674

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sās-

Meaning : to stretch out

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : sāhpa (sāht-), sāspa (sāst-) "to stretch out, lengthen out (limbs), stretch across (web, tendril)"

Kuwi (Schulze) : hāh'nai (hāst-) "to stretch (hands, etc.)"

Additional forms : Also Kui sākaṛi a span; Kuwi_S jānjinai to outstretch

Notes : Kui sāspa probably secondary assimilated. Kuwi_S jānjinai borrowed from Telugu.

Number in DED : 2433

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sāṭ-

Meaning : to call

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : hātali

Kuwi (Schulze) : hātinai

Sunkarametta Kuwi : hāṭ- (-it-)

Kuwi (Mahanti) : hāṭu "a call"

Kuwi (Israel) : hāṭ- (-it-)

Additional forms : Also Kuwi_S hātpu the call

Number in DED : 2486

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *se-

Meaning : sweet, tasty

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : semba (sembi-), sepa (set-) "to be sweet, tasty, palatable; n. sweetness, palatable taste"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : hē'ni "tasty"

Kuwi (Schulze) : hempu he'nai "to taste"

Kuwi (Israel) : henu "sweetness"

Additional forms : Also Kuwi_F tīpa sweet; Kuwi_Isr heʔ- (-t-) to be tasty

Notes : Kuwi_F tīpa borrowed from Telugu.

Number in DED : 3268

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *seʔn-i

Meaning : mortar for pounding rice

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : seni "a bamboo or wooden mortar for pounding rice"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : he'ni

Kuwi (Schulze) : he'ni

Sunkarametta Kuwi : he'ni

Parja Kuwi : henni

Kuwi (Mahanti) : heni

Number in DED : 2799

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sec-

Meaning : to scrape, plane, shave a stick or piece of wood; n. planing, scraping

Kui : sespa (sest-)

Additional forms : Also Kui sesa shavings

Notes : The word is compared by B&E to Kuwi sekali (see *cek-), but this is impossible from the phonetical point of view.

Number in DED : 2748

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *seg-

Meaning : distant, far

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : seko "distant, far, far away"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : hegō "far"

Kuwi (Schulze) : heggo, heo "far"

Kuwi (Mahanti) : hek, heko "far"

Additional forms : Also Kuwi_S heotasi a man who is distant

Number in DED : 2807

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sej- (*c-,*-ǯ-)

Meaning : husband's younger brother

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : sejenju

Number in DED : 2819

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sejka

Meaning : sago palm

Kui : saka "pith of sago palm, heart of sago palm"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : hekka mṛānū "palm tree (toddy)"

Kuwi (Schulze) : hekka "sago"

Kuwi (Israel) : hēka marnu "toddy palm"

Additional forms : Also Kuwi_Isr hēka ṭuka palm fibre

Notes : The cluster *-yk- > Kui -k- (unlike *-yg- > *-jg- > *-j-). The -y- here is postulated because of the vocalism, as usual.

Number in DED : 2749

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sel-

Meaning : to be valid, accepted

Kuwi (Israel) : hel- (-it-)

Additional forms : Also Kuwi_Isr helo permission

Notes : B&E put this together with PK *sal- 'to go', but neither the phonetics nor the semantics is acceptable.

Number in DED : 2781

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sen-

Meaning : hoar-frost

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kuwi (Mahanti) : hennā

Number in DED : 2823

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sen- (*c-)

Meaning : even, level, straight

Kui : sena

Number in DED : 2316

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *senḍ- (*c-)

Meaning : first-born, eldest

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : senḍa

Additional forms : Also Kui senḍenju founder of a race, early settler

Number in DED : 2808

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sendr-

Meaning : cloth

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kuwi (Mahanti) : hendrā

Number in DED : 2771

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *seŋ-

Meaning : to climb

Kui : senga (sengi-) "to climb; n. act of climbing"

Dongriya Kuwi : heg- (-it-)

Additional forms : Also Kui sengeṛi ladder

Notes : The absence of -ŋ- in Kuwi_D is irregular (although there are not many examples on -ŋg- either).

Number in DED : 2752

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *seR-

Meaning : entangled; snare

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : sehpa (seht-) "to be entangled, caught and held fast, trapped"

Kuwi (Schulze) : herh'nai "to implicate, ensnare"

Tekriya Kuwi : her- (-t-) "to be caught in snare"

Kuwi (Israel) : hervi- (-t-) "to be caught, be trapped"

Notes : One of the few examples of PK secondary causatives from roots with auslaut resonants. We should probably reconstruct *-Rp-; in Kui the resonant was devoiced > -h-.

Number in DED : 2793

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *seṛn-

Meaning : to ripen

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : seṛnba (seṛt-)

Additional forms : Also Kui_P seṛpa (seṛt-) to ripen; senpa (sent-) to be ripe; Kui_W semboli mature, ripened; senburi old, too ripe

Notes : The word is unique in its phonetic status, and Kui dialects do not offer much assistance, since their material is extremely scarce in general.

Number in DED : 2765