Kui-Kuwi etymology : Query result

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *vḷī-

Meaning : to expand, swell; to burst

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : vlēnda (vlēndi-), (Gramm.) vlēnḍa (vlēnḍi-) "to rise, expand, swell, distend"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : raiyali "to burst"

Kuwi (Schulze) : lainai "to burst"

Sunkarametta Kuwi : ṛay- (-it-) "to be cracked (stone)"

Kuwi (Israel) : ṛāy- (-it-) "to crack, (boil) to burst"

Additional forms : Also Kui pl. action vlētka (vlētki-); vlēpa (vlēt-) to swell, distend; vlēpka (< vlēk-p-; vlēkt-) to cause to expand, stretch, widen out

Notes : A former bisyllabic base. In Kui it exists by itself (*vḷi- > vlē-), as well as extended by the suffix -nd- (or is it -nḍ-?). In Kuwi *vḷi- > *vḷay- > *ḷay-.

Number in DED : 5432