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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *koḍ-veli
Meaning : sickle
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Konda : koṛveli
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ḍoveli
Notes : The PK form should probably be reconstructed as *gḍoveli. The form itself is compound, formed from *koḍ- 'to bend' and *veli < *vali 'stone'.
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : koṛveli
Meaning: sickle
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Number in DED : 2054
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ḍoveli
Meaning : sickle, knife
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : dō'velli (pl. dōvelka) "sickle"
Kuwi (Schulze) : doweli "knife"
Sunkarametta Kuwi : ḍoveli "sickle"
Kuwi (Israel) : ḍoveli "sickle"
Number in DED : 2054
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *koḍ-
Meaning : 1 crook, curve 2 sickle
Proto-South Dravidian: *koḍ-
Proto-Telugu : *koḍ-
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *koḍ-val
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *koḍ-veli
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *koḍ-
Meaning : curved
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : koṭu
Tamil meaning : curved, bent, crooked
Tamil derivates : koṭumai crookedness, obliquity; koṭukki hooked bar for fastening doors, clasp of an ornament; koṭuŋ-kāy cucumber; koṭuŋ-kai folded arm; koṭu-maram bow; koṭu-vāy curved or bent edge (as of billhook); koṭu-vāḷ pruning knife, billhook, sickle, battle-axe; kuṭa curved, bent; kuṭakkam bend, curve, crookedness; kuṭakki that which is crooked; kuṭakkiyan_ humpback; kuṭaŋku (kuṭaŋki-) to bend (intr.); kuṭaŋkai palm of hand; kuṭantai curve; kuṭavu (kuṭavi-) to be crooked, bent, curved; n. bend, curve; kuṭā bend, curve; kōṭu (kōṭi-) to bend, be crooked, go astray, be biased; n. crookedness, obliquity; kōṭal bending, curving; kōṭi bend, curve; kōṭṭam bend, curve, warp, partiality, crookedness (as of mind); kōṭṭu (kōṭṭi-) to bend (tr.); ṭoŋku crookedness
Malayalam : koṭuŋ-kai
Malayalam meaning : bent arm
Malayalam derivates : koṭu-vāḷ hatchet, large splitting knife; kōṭuka to be crooked, twisted, awry, warp (of wood); kōṭṭuka to bend (tr.); kōṭṭam crookedness, distortion; kōṭṭal what is crooked, turn, way of escape
Kannada : kuḍu, kuḍa, kuḍi
Kannada meaning : state of being crooked, bent, hooked, or tortuous
Kannada derivates : ḍoŋku to bend, be crooked; ḍoŋku, ḍoŋka state of being bent, curved, crooked; crookedness, a bend, a curve
Kodagu : koṭṭɨ katti
Kodagu meaning : billhook
Tulu : guḍke
Tulu meaning : a crooked man
Tulu derivates : ḍoŋkụ, ḍoŋku crookedness; crooked, curved, perverse; ḍoŋkelụ crookedness; (B-K) daŋgāvu to bend, incline
Proto-Nilgiri : *koḍ-
Number in DED : 2054
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *koḍ-
Meaning : curve, hook
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : koṛy "crick in neck from sleeping crooked or lifting heavy burden"
Toda : kwɨṛ fōɫ̣ "billhook"
Additional forms : Also Toda kwɨṛ magoy elbow; kwɨ̄ṛ curve (in: kwāṛ xwɨ̄ṛ fɨs_ rainbow, lit. curved bow of the monsoon)
Number in DED : 2054
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *koḍ-
Meaning : sickle
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : koḍavali
Dialectal forms (1) : koḍali (VPK)
Dialectal forms (2) : koḍēli (VPK)
Dialectal forms (3) : koḍvali (VPK)
Additional forms : Also gōḍi-vaḍu to bend (intr.); gōḍi-veṭṭu id. (tr.); ḍoŋku curvature; ḍoŋkena a sort of spear with a bent or curved head
Number in DED : 2054
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *koḍ-val
Meaning : sickle
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kolami : koḍval (pl. koḍvasil)
Kinwat Kolami : koṛva
Naikri : koṛval
Number in DED : 2054
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