Nilgiri etymology : List with all references

Proto-Nilgiri : *kar_-

Meaning : to milk, give milk

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : karv- (kard-)

Toda : kar_- (kar_ɵ-)

Additional forms : Also Kota karpōy pen and cowshed attached (i. e. 'milking place' or the like; is the second member pōy or ōy, for which see 4112?); Toda kar_ milk (in songs); juice of fruit; fine imposed by council; kar_f ɨr milch buffalo (TS, concordance, s. v. pe xar_f ɨr big milch buffalo)

Number in DED : 1385

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *kar_-a-

Meaning : to milk

Tamil : kar_a (-pp-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to milk, yield milk (as a cow), extort

Tamil derivates : kar_appu milking; kar_avai milking (as a cow), extort; kar_avu, kar_ai tribute

Malayalam : kar_akka

Malayalam meaning : milk to flow out, milk, give milk

Malayalam derivates : kar_ava, kar_avu, kar_r_u milking; kar_a sap issuing from trees, gum

Kannada : kar_e, kar_i

Kannada meaning : to milk, cause to flow, emit, rain, shed tears, give milk

Kannada derivates : kar_asu to cause milk to flow, cause to milk, cause to rain; kar_āvu milking

Kodagu : kara- (karap-, karand-)

Kodagu meaning : to milk

Kodagu derivates : karapa milch cow; (Shanmugam) karap milking

Proto-Nilgiri : *kar_-

Number in DED : 1385

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