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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *uL-i
Meaning : onion
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kinwat Kolami : ulli
Naiki : ullig
Parji : ulli "garlic"
Salur Gadba : ulli
Number in DED : 705
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *uḷ-i
Meaning : onion; garlic
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *uḷ-i
Proto-Telugu : *ull-
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *uL-i
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *uḷ-
Proto-North Dravidian : *ul-i
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *uḷ-i
Meaning : onion
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : uḷḷi
Tamil meaning : onion, garlic
Malayalam : uḷḷi
Malayalam meaning : onion, garlic
Kannada : uḷḷi
Kannada meaning : a bulb, an onion
Tulu : ulli, uḷḷi
Tulu meaning : a generic name for garlic (B-K. uḷḷi a generic name for onion or garlic)
Tulu derivates : boḷḷ-uḷḷi garlic
Proto-Nilgiri : *uḷ-ĭ
Number in DED : 0705
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *uḷ-ĭ
Meaning : onion
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : uḷy
Toda : ūɫ̣y
Additional forms : Also Toda pöḷ ūɫ̣y garlic (= Tamil veḷḷ-uḷḷi)
Notes : Vowel length in Toda unclear.
Number in DED : 705
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *ull-
Meaning : onion, garlic
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : ulli
Number in DED : 705
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *uḷ-
Meaning : onion
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *ul-i
Konda : uli
Proto-Pengo-Manda : *uṛ-i
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ul-i (*-ḷ-)
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *ul-i
Meaning : onion
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Betul Gondi : ullī
Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : ullī
Muria Gondi : ulli
Koya Gondi : ulli
Yeotmal Gondi : ulli
Adilabad Gondi : ulli
Number in DED : 705
Number in CVOTGD : 283
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : uli
Meaning: onion
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Number in DED : 705
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Pengo-Manda etymology :

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Proto-Pengo-Manda : *uṛ-i
Meaning : onion
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Pengo : ūṛi
Manda : uli
Notes : Manda uli is probably either borrowed from or influenced by -l-languages.
Number in DED : 705
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ul-i (*-ḷ-)
Meaning : onion
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : ūlli
Kuwi (Schulze) : ulli gidda
Sunkarametta Kuwi : ulli
Additional forms : Also Kuwi_F vella ūlli garlic.
Number in DED : 705
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North Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-North-Dravidian : *ul-i
Meaning : onion
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kurukh : uli
Notes : Неясно отсутствие геминации в курух.
Number in DED : 705
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ʔVlV
Meaning: onion
Indo-European: *āl-
Altaic: TM *elu 'onion'
Dravidian: *uḷ-i
References: ND 132 *ʡAĺ/ḷU 'a Liliaceous plant' (comparing also Central Sem. *ʕalw(ay) 'aloë'.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *āl-
Meaning: a plant with edible tuber
Old Indian: ālu- n. `an esculent root, Arum Campanulatum', āluka- n. `the esculent root of Amorphophallus Campanulatus', ā́ruka- `the fruit of a medicinal plant growing on the Himālaya mountains'
Latin: ālum, -ī n., ālus, -ī f. `Symphytum petraeum; Symphytum brochum, knolliger Beinwell, Wallwurz'; ālium, -ī n. `Knoblauch, Alium sativum L.'
Other Italic: Osk *allō `Knoblauch, Alium sativum L.'
Russ. meaning: растение (со съедобным клубнем)
References: WP I 90 f
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 67
Root: ālu-, ālo-
English meaning: a bitter plant
German meaning: `bittere Pflanze?'
Material: Ai. ālú-ḥ, ālukám- `bulbus, radix globosa esculenta'; lat. ālum, ālium `Knoblauch', osk. *allō aus *ali̯ā wohl als Grundlage von gr. ἀλλα̃ς `Wurst'; lat. ālum oder ālus `Symphytum officinale L., Beinwell, Wallwurz' eine um ihrer Wurzel willengeschätzte Pflanze (vielleicht gall. Wort? s. Thesaurus).
References: WP. I 90 f., WH. I 30, 33.
See also: Wohl zu alu-.
Pages: 33
PIE database: PIE database
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