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Gondwan etymology :
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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *lēk-
Meaning : silk-cotton tree
Notes : The Gondi form may have been contaminated with another root (cf. Tamil vēli id.).
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Gondi etymology :
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Proto-Gondi : *valēk-
Meaning : Bombax malabaricum
Betul Gondi : walēkī-maṛā
Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : valēkī
Muria Gondi : vallek
Maria Gondi : lēki
Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : leke
Maria Gondi (Smith) : lèkee
Adilabad Gondi : velkī "(Su.) silk-cotton tree"
Notes : The syncopation here is similar to the process in *nelenǯ "moon" q.v.
Number in DED : 495
Number in CVOTGD : 3126, 3208
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Konda etymology :
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Konda : lēka maran
Meaning: Bombax malabaricum
Number in DED : 495
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :
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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *lēk-
Meaning : Bombax malabaricum
Sunkarametta Kuwi : lēko
Kuwi (Mahanti) : ḍākāngi
Kuwi (Israel) : lēko marnu
Number in DED : 495
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *[ń]elV[v]-[k-] (*-i-)
Meaning : silk-cotton tree
Notes : Initial *ń- is not completely excluded because of the Parji form, but improbable. (Perhaps the Parji form is contaminated with other tree names, such as nella).
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *Ilav-
Meaning : silk-cotton tree
Tamil : ila, ilavam, ilavu
Tamil meaning : red-flowered silk-cotton tree, Bombax malabaricum
Malayalam : ilavam, ilavu
Malayalam meaning : silk-cotton tree, Bombax pentandra
Kannada : elava
Kannada meaning : the seemul or silk-cotton tree, B. heptaphyllum Roxb.
Tulu : āla
Tulu meaning : silk-cotton tree (?)
Number in DED : 0495
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :
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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *NelVk-
Meaning : silk-cotton tree
Parji : neluk
Number in DED : 495
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *ńVlkV
Meaning: a k. of tree
Comments: Cf. PNC *nŭlxV.
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 1464
Proto: *ńolkV ~ *ńalkV
English meaning: elm
German meaning: Ulme; Ulmus
Mari (Cheremis): nolɣǝ̑ (KB), nolɣo (U B) 'Ulme'
Udmurt (Votyak): ńulo (S) 'Ulme; Ulmus campestris', ńulo (G Uf.), ńuwo (MU J)
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