Kota :eṛv- (eṛd-) "(smoke) rises up, spring up from position, fly"
Toda :öḍ- (öḍɵ-) "to be high or raised, rise, get up (from sitting or lying), (tree) grows, (peacock) dances"
Additional forms :Also Kota eṛv- (eṛt-) to make to spring up from position; eṛ weight; Toda öoɵ where (mud) has not risen in water (= öḍoɵ; < Badaga); öṛf- (öṛt-) to carry, place (corpse) on fire, arouse from sleep, give (girl) in marriage, bring to life; öṛt- (öṛty-) to arouse from sleep, rouse, resurrect
Number in DED :851
Proto-Nilgiri :*eḍ-ǝc-
Meaning :to think and say ill of one, shame, laugh to shame
Kota :ekm (obl. ekt-) "counting, taking account of something"
Toda :ökm (obl. ökt-) "arithmetic, account, figures"
Additional forms :Also Kota ekaṭ- (ekac-) to count (kaṭ- to tie); ekūṭ- (ekūc-) to count (kūṭ- to make to join, gather); ekmūṛ- (ekmūc-) to count
Notes :The root here is *ek-, as witnessed by the compound ek-mūṛ- (it should also be noted that a verbal root *e- "to count" would be highly improbable because of general laws of Dravidian root structure).
Kota :evn, evḷ, evr, ed/edn/ēd/en "which man, which woman, which persons, which thing or things"
Toda :ēɵ (obl. personal ēn-), pl. ēɵām "which person or thing"
Additional forms :Also Kota adj. e (before consonant), ey (before vowel); ey, ēd where; eyk whither; eytr whence; eyōn, eyōḷ, eyōr, eyd man, woman, persons, thing or things of or from what place; ejn whence; et_ which direction; et_āk a little in which direction; eyakd, et_akd somewhere (one doesn't know where); etervī in which neighbourhood; el, ēllk when; elōn, elōḷ, elōr, eld man, woman, etc., at what time; enm like what; entk to what extent; entgō numerous; enā, enenā such as what; ennm how, in what manner; entā how great; ēpāṭy so big as what; ental how many; very much, very big, more; enmūṛ like what; eŋ gey- to do what; end_ what day; end_ end_km forever; Toda adj. ē (before consonant), ēy (before vowel); ēɵɨd because of what; ēɵɨdm because of any of these things; et_ in which direction; et_m in any direction; et_ɨk a little in which direction; et_s_n, es_n whence; ēl where; ēnk to what place; ēnār_ by what road, towards where; ēfaxm always; ēd_, (in song also) ed_ why; ed_ on what day; etfok, etfɨn when; et how many; etk how much; etks_ at what distance; etōf such as what; egy what manner, how; however much; e(g) gɨs doing in what way, how; e(g) gɨsem somehow; es_ ɨn- to say how or what
Notes :It is not quite clear whether the correspondence "Kota e - Toda ē" can in any way reflect PSDR *jā- (*ja-) or if the length of the vowel in Toda (or its shortness in Kota) is secondary.
