Nilgiri etymology : List with all references

Proto-South Dravidian : *pIẓ-ai-

Meaning : to fail, do wrong

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : piẓai (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to do wrong, fail, die, be missing, lost; n. fault, crime, defect, mistake

Tamil derivates : piẓaippu mistake, failure; piẓakku wrong, injustice; piẓampu wickedness

Malayalam : piẓa

Malayalam meaning : fault, oversight, a fine

Malayalam derivates : piẓekka to err, fail, transgress; piẓeppu, piẓappu casualty; piẓeppikka to cause to err; piẓukuka to slip off, fall out of caste; piẓukkuka to excommunicate

Tulu : puḷuku, (B-K) puḷku

Tulu meaning : slipping out, anything soft or greasy

Tulu derivates : (?) pīŋkuḍuni, pīŋkuni, pīŋguḷuni to escape, slip out; pīŋkāḍruni, pīŋkāvuni to cause to slip out, get on the sly

Proto-Nilgiri : *PIṛ-äp

Notes : Tulu pīŋk- hardly belongs here; both the semantics and the phonetics are hard to match, and the forms should go back to something like *piṛ-ŋk-, unattested in any other languages.

Number in DED : 4187

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *piẓ-

Meaning : to slip; to err

Proto-South Dravidian: *pIẓ-ai-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *piṛ-ǯ-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *biṛ-s-

Notes : Irregular b- in PG; out of *piṛ-ǯ-?

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *piṛ-ǯ-

Meaning : to slip

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kolami : pirs- (pirist-) "to slip, slide"

Parji : biṛj- "to be slippery"

Additional forms : Also Kolami pirsip- (pirsipt-) to slide (tr.)

Number in DED : 4187

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *biṛ-s-

Meaning : to slip

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *biṛ-s-

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *biṛ-s-

Meaning : to slip, slide

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Muria Gondi : biṛsk-

Maria Gondi : biṛsk-

Koya Gondi : biṛs- "to be slippery"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : biṛskānā

Number in DED : 4187

Number in CVOTGD : 2551