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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *kir-
Meaning : ear
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *kir_umb-
Meaning : ear-wax
Tamil : kur_umpi
Tamil meaning : ear-wax; excretion of the body, as urine and faeces
Kannada : kur_ugaṇi, kūkaṇi, kūgaṇi, kūgaṭe, koggu, gugge
Kannada meaning : ear-wax
Tulu : kirmbilụ, kirmbillụ
Tulu meaning : ear-wax
Number in DED : 1855
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *gub-il-
Meaning : earwax
Telugu : gubili
Dialectal forms (1) : gulibi
Dialectal forms (2) : gulimi
Number in DED : 1855
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :
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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *gir-(u)b
Meaning : ear-wax
Parji : girub
Additional forms : Also Parji (?) korñ- to scrape wax out of ear
Number in DED : 1855
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Gondwan etymology :
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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kir-
Meaning : ear
Notes : This extremely interesting root deserves a detailed commentary. The standard Dravidian root for ear is *kev- (DEDR 1977, see PGn *kev-). The PK form for 'ear' thus stands isolated, the only obvious decent comparison being Tulu ceraḍu 'ear', which is, moreover, dialectal and partly irregular (palatalisation *k- > c- in Tulu is a rare and uncertain thing). In [Burrow 1944] both roots were compared with the Uralic forms for 'ear', especially Finnish korva, etc., and it was concluded that both date back to PDR *kervi. This, however, seems highly unprobable. Loss of -r- everywhere but in Kui-Kuwi is an extremely strange and unique phenomenon, especially considering that not even a single trace of it was preserved in neither of the SDR languages (where we could at least expect some sort of gemination, like Tamil *cevvi instead of cevi). Much more probable is the connection of the PK form with the Dravidian words for 'ear-wax' (also discussed by T. Burrow in [Burrow 1943]). The word should be reconstructed as *kiru-pīl, 'ear-excrements', and it has undergone radical transformations in most languages, the most archaic form being Tulu kirmbilu. In most other languages the first syllable vowel was assimilated to the inlaut combination of labialized sounds (Tamil kur_umpi, PG *koṛ-ŋel, etc.); in Gondi we have the following development: *kirupīl > *korupīl > *koṛmbīl > *koṛŋīl > *koṛŋel. The general situation is thus as follows. In Early Dravidian both forms (*kir- and *kev-) were co-existent, although the difference between them is unclear. Later the form *kir- was in most dialects completely replaced by the form *kev- and survived as an archaism only in PK (and in Tulu?). The original derivative *kirupīl survived, but in most dialects it was modified beyond recognition, especially since the origins of its derivation became lost.
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Gondi etymology :
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Proto-Gondi : *kor-ŋeḷ
Meaning : ear-wax
Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : korangeḍ
Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : korangeḍ
Maria Gondi : koṛŋguli
Seoni Gondi : gūnju
Koya Gondi : kornjūl (Su.)
Mandla Gondi : korveli
Chindwara Gondi : koṛŋgel
Adilabad Gondi : korekal
Number in DED : 1855
Number in CVOTGD : 924, 1170
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :
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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kir-ɣu
Meaning : ear
Kui : kriu (pl. krīka), kiru "ear; (K.) earwax"
Khuttia Kui : kriu pejaŋa
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : kiryū (pl. kīrka)
Kuwi (Schulze) : kriyu
Sunkarametta Kuwi : krĩyyu
Parja Kuwi : kiru
Kuwi (Israel) : kriyũ
Additional forms : Also Kuwi_F kirpejja, Kuwi_Su kirpeja, Kuwi_Mah kirkūru earwax
Notes : The fact that in PK there was no initial cluster is proved by compound words with no suffixal -y-. In the noun itself, however, this suffix produced various modifications: the most common is metathese for the elimination of an uncommon cluster: *kir-y-u > *kri-y-u. The nasalisation is not quite clear; maybe in some dialects there appeared a secondary -n- in between two other resonants: *kir-y-u > *kir-n-y-u, etc. Similar development in *piṛyu.
Number in DED : 1977
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