Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *t`ḕlV ( ~ -ĺ-)

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: to sober up

Russian meaning: трезветь

Mongolian: *telere-

Tungus-Manchu: *tēl-

Comments: ТМС 2, 231. A Mong.-Tung. isogloss.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *telere-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to sober up, come to one's senses

Russian meaning: трезветь, приходить в чувство

Written Mongolian: telere- (МХТТТ)

Khalkha: telre-

Buriat: teler-

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *tēl-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to sober up, come to one's senses

Russian meaning: протрезвиться, опомниться

Evenki: tēl-

Even: tel-

Orok: tēli-

Comments: ТМС 2, 231.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *ṭVlV

Meaning: to wake, become clear

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *t`ḕlV ( ~ -ĺ-) [but cf. also *t`i̯ṑlo 2395]

Kartvelian: ? *twal-

Dravidian: *teḷ-

Comments: (2 roots)

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *(ś)twal-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: глаз

English meaning: eye

Georgian: tval-

Megrel: tol-

Svan: šdul

Svan meaning (Rus.): Schiessscharte, Ausguck

Svan meaning (Eng.): Schiessscharte, Ausguck

Laz: tol-

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 93, EWK 161 (*twal-).

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *teḷ-

Meaning : to be clear; white

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *teḷ-

Proto-Telugu : *tel-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *teL-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *teḷ-

Proto-North Dravidian : *tel-g-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *teḷ-

Meaning : clear

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : teḷ (teṭp-, teṭṭ-)

Tamil meaning : to become clear, clear-minded

Tamil derivates : teṭṭa clear, plain; teṭṭavar clearsighted persons; teṭpam clearness, ripe wisdom; teṇmai clearness, lucidity, clearness of intellect; teḷku (teḷki-) to become clear; teḷḷu (teḷḷi-) to be clear, lucid, refined (as language), shine clearly, gleam, be mature in knowledge or experience; teḷḷimai clearness, obviousness, intelligence, penetration, cleverness; teḷḷiyar the learned, the wise; teḷi (-v-, -nt-) to become clear, limpid (as water by the settling of sediment), become serene (as the mind), be bright (as the countenance), become white, disappear (as famine, epidemic), become obvious, evident; consider, investigate, know, understand; (-pp-,-tt-) to clear, free (as from turbid matter), clarify, make known, pacify, reveal, dispel (as fear, sorrow); n. clearness, essence, light; teḷiñan_ learned, wise man; teḷiccal healthy appearance; teḷippu clearing, refinement, purification, straining off; teḷiya clearly, evidently; teḷir (-v-, -nt-) to shine, sparkle; teḷivu clarity, brightness, perspicuity, essence, water strained from cooked rice, knowledge, waking state, placidity, serenity; taḷi (-v-, -nt-) to comprehend clearly

Malayalam : teḷi

Malayalam meaning : clearness, brightness

Malayalam derivates : teḷiyuka to become clear, brighten up, please, (matter) is decided; teḷivu clearness, brightness, perspicuity, proof; teḷiyikka to clear, clarify, make bright, clear away (as jungle), exhilarate, explain, prove; teḷiyippikka to filter, clarify, make bright, joyful

Kannada : tiḷi, taḷi

Kannada meaning : to become clear, pellucid, pure, become bright, brighten up, be exhilarated or pleased, be calmed, cease (as sleep, a swoon), come to light, be or become plain or known, know, perceive, learn; n. clearness, pureness, brightness, knowingness, knowledge, clear serum-like substance

Kannada derivates : tiḷipu, tiḷihu, tiḷupu, tiḷuhu to cause oneself to brighten up, become calm, soothed, pleased; calm, appease, cause to cheer up; make clear or known, cause to know, inform; tiḷivaḷike, tiḷavaḷike, tiḷuvaḷike, tibbaḷi knowledge, intellect; tiḷivu, tiḷuhu calmness, friendliness, knowledge; tiḷisu to make clear or known, cause to know, inform; tiḷisuvike making clear or known, etc.

Kodagu : tëḷi- (tëḷiv-, tëḷiñj-)

Kodagu meaning : (sleep) leaves one

Kodagu derivates : tëḷɨp- (tëḷɨpi-) to cause (sleep) to leave one

Tulu : tiḷi

Tulu meaning : transparent, clear, distilled

Tulu derivates : tiḷuvaḷikè, tiḷuvaḷigè understanding, intellect, knowledge; teli, seli clear, pure, filtered; teli, (B-K also) teḷi gruel, rice-water; teliyuni, seliyuni, selliyuni to become clear, pure; selipuni to filter, cleanse

Proto-Nilgiri : *teḷ-ĭ-

Number in DED : 3433

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *teḷ-ĭ-

Meaning : clear; to clear up

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : teyḷ-/teḷc- (teḷc-) "to make to cease (mak state of unconsciousness)"

Toda : tüɫ̣y "clear"

Additional forms : Also Toda tüḷy- (tüḷs-) to become clear, calm, come to senses after a swoon; tüḷc- (tüḷč-) to calm (tr.), bring to senses after a swoon; ? tɨbak ar_y- (ar_s-) to remember, (neg.) forget

Number in DED : 3433

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *tel-

Meaning : white, pure

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : teli

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : telucu "to pacify, console"

Additional forms : Also teliyu to be known, understood, perceived, intelligible, clear, or plain, be seen, discovered, or found; know, understand, perceive; (K also) regain consciousness after swoon, wake up from sleep; telivi understanding, intelligence, wisdom, consciousness, liveliness, cheerfulness; teliviḍi understanding, information; telisi konu to understand, know, learn; [1] telupu, [2] telpu white, whiteness; vb. to communicate, make known, inform; telupuḍu knowledge, information; tella white, pale, plain, clear; tellana whiteness, white; tellani white; [1] tellami, [2] tellamu plainness, clearness

Number in DED : 3433

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *teL-

Meaning : white

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kolami : telmi

Kinwat Kolami : teloṛi

Naikri : tevoṛi

Kondekor Gadba : tellan

Number in DED : 3433

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *teḷ-

Meaning : to be known; to wake up

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *teṛ-

Konda : teli- (-t-)

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *teḷ-

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *teṛ-

Meaning : to become conscious, get up from sleep

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Adilabad Gondi : teṛ- (Su.)

Additional forms : Also Gondi_A (Su.) taṛī- to think, occur to the mind

Number in DED : 3433

Konda etymology :

Konda : teli- (-t-)

Meaning: to be known

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Additional forms : Also Konda teli consciousness, wakefulness; telani white; telaŋ whitishly

Number in DED : 3433

Kui-Kuwi etymology :

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *teḷ-

Meaning : to awaken; to understand

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : ṭellali "to awaken (intr.)"

Kuwi (Schulze) : telhinai "to know"

Kuwi (Israel) : telh- (-it-) "to understand; interpret, explain"

Additional forms : Also Kuwi_F telli kīali to awaken (tr.); Kuwi_S telpinai to interpret; Kuwi_Isr teʔl- (-it-) to wake up (intr.); teʔli ki- to awaken

Notes : Retroflex articulation lost everywhere as usual, but it is confirmed by external data, and maybe it explains ṭ- in Kuwi_F.

Number in DED : 3433

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *tel-g-

Meaning : to disclose, uncover

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : telgnā

Number in DED : 3433

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : TVLV

Meaning : to wake; see > eye (?)

Eurasiatic : *ṭVlV

Amerind (misc.) : *tele 'see' ? (R 227)

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