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Konda etymology :
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Konda : moṭo
Meaning: blunt (BB)
Number in DED : 5114
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Gondwan etymology :
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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *moṭ-
Meaning : blunt; stump; log
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Gondi etymology :
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Proto-Gondi : *moṭ-
Meaning : log of wood
Koya Gondi : moṭ
Number in DED : 4930
Number in CVOTGD : 2976
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *monṭ-
Meaning : blunt; stump, log
Notes : Some of the forms may be influenced by IA borrowings.
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *monḍ-
Meaning : blunt; maimed, deficient
Tamil : moṇṭi
Tamil meaning : lame person
Tamil derivates : moṭṭai bluntness (as of a knife); imperfection, incompleteness; moṇṇai, maṇṇai bluntness
Kannada : moṇḍa, moṇḍu, moṇḍe
Kannada meaning : blunt, maimed, deficient
Kannada derivates : (Hav.) mōṇṭu to bend; n. lameness; mōṇṭã lame man; fem. mōṇṭi
Tulu : moṇḍu
Tulu meaning : blunt
Tulu derivates : mōṇṭụ lameness, crookedness; lame, maimed, crooked
Notes : It is unclear if Kan., Tulu mōṇṭu have to be traced to a separate root
*mōṇṭ-; if so, Tamil forms like moṭṭai, moṇṇai should probably
be considered as descended from roots with weak clusters.
Cf. also the following forms: Ta. moṇṭu refractoriness, unruliness,
annoyance, worry; moṇṭi, moṇṭukkāran_ refractory man; Kannada
moṇḍu, moṇḍutana stupid obstinacy, esp. in demanding or dunning.
These forms are joined by B&E with *mur- 'rough, rude', but this is hardly possible.
Number in DED : 5114
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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *monḍĭ
Meaning : trunk
Kota : moṇḍy "headless trunk, body with useless arms, cut length of fuel, worn-out broom stump"
Toda : muḍy "man without use of legs, trunk of body"
Additional forms : Also Kota ? meḍ dullness (of knife)
Notes : Kota meḍ can go back to *moḍ-ä; however, external data does not support such a form.
Number in DED : 5114
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *monḍ-
Meaning : maimed, amputated, lopped, imperfect, blunt
Telugu : moṇḍi
Additional forms : Also [1] moṇḍiyamu, [2] moṇḍemu headless body or trunk, limb lopped off, stump, stub; mōḍu blunt; a stump; mōṭu stump; mrōḍu paḍu to be blunted
Number in DED : 5114
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :
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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *moṭ-
Meaning : blunt; log, beam
Parji : moṭṭi "log, beam"
Poya Gadba : moṭo "blunt"
Number in DED : 5114
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North Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-North-Dravidian : *muṭ-ā
Meaning : crop-eared; tiger
Kurukh : muṭā
Number in DED : 5114
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