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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *ēsĭ (?)
Meaning : nasty; to dislike
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : ēc pāc "unclean secretions of body (e. g. urine, excrement, snot, vomit)"
Toda : ēsy/ēš öḍ- (öḍɵ-) "to dislike, hate"
Notes : The form might date from the PN period, but more probable is that the two forms were independently borrowed from Kannada (especially considering the lack of > ȫ in Toda).
Number in DED : 4431
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-kota,ktet-toda,ktet-notes,ktet-dednum,

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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *pēS-
Meaning : to loathe, dislike
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kannada : pēsu, hēsu
Kannada meaning : to feel aversion, have a dislike; n. aversion, disgust
Kannada derivates : pēsike, hēsike, ēsike, hēsige aversion, disgust, nastiness, object that causes disgust
Kodagu : hēsige
Kodagu meaning : disgust at touching dirty things
Tulu : pēśiyuni, pēcuni
Tulu meaning : to loathe, be disgusted
Tulu derivates : pēśigè, pēsigè disgust, loathing, dirt, filth; (B-K) hēsige, ēsige filth, dirt
Proto-Nilgiri : *ēsĭ (?)
Number in DED : 4431
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kander,sdret-kod,sdret-kodmean,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-tulder,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,

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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *pēS-
Meaning : filth, secretions
Proto-South Dravidian: *pēS-
dravet-meaning,dravet-sdr,

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