Nilgiri etymology : List with all references

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāṇ-

Meaning : to see

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kaṇ-/kāṇ- (kaḍ-)

Toda : kōṇ- (koḍ-)

Additional forms : Also Kota kāṭ- (kāc-) to show; kaḍ at_- (ac-), kaḍ ayr- (arc-) to find out; kāṇky payment of vow to god; kaŋgāc wonderful sight such as never seen before; Toda kōṭ- (kōṭy-) to show; kōṇky offering to Hindu temple or to Kurumba; koṇy act of foretelling or of telling the past

Notes : Past stem *kaḍ- in Kota (instead of *kaṇḍ-) probably due to some kind of internal samdhi.

Number in DED : 1443

Proto-South Dravidian : *kāṇ-

Meaning : to see

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kāṇ (kāṇp-, kaṇṭ-)

Tamil meaning : to see, consider, investigate, appear, become visible; n. sight, beauty

Tamil derivates : kāṇkai knowledge; kāṇpu seeing, sight; kāṭci sight, vision of a deity, view, appearance; kāṇikkai voluntary offering, gift to a temple, church, guru or other great person; kāṭṭu (kāṭṭi-) to show; n. showing; kaṇṇu (kaṇṇi-) to purpose, think, consider; kaṇ-kāṭci gratifying spectacle, exhibition, object of curiosity

Malayalam : kāṇuka

Malayalam meaning : to see, observe, consider, seem

Malayalam derivates : kāṇi visitor, spectator; kāṇikka to show, point out; n. offering, present; kāṭṭuka to show, exhibit; kāẓca, kāẓma eyesight, offering, show, spectacle

Kannada : kāṇ (kaṇḍ-)

Kannada meaning : to see, appear; n. seeing, appearing

Kannada derivates : kāṇike, kāṇke sight, vision, present, gift; kāṇuvike seeing, appearing; kāṇisu to show, show oneself, appear; kaṇi sight, spectacle, ominous sight, divination

Kodagu : kāṇ- (kāmb-, kaṇḍ-)

Kodagu meaning : to see; seem, look (so-and-so)

Kodagu derivates : kāṭ- (kāṭi-) to show

Tulu : kāṇụsāvuni, kāṇisāvuni

Tulu meaning : to show, represent, mention

Tulu derivates : kāṇikè, kāṇigè present to a superior

Proto-Nilgiri : *kāṇ-

Notes : Kannada kaṇi and Tamil forms with short -a- may be due to the short vowel in *kaṇ 'eye'.

Number in DED : 1443

Proto-Dravidian : *kāṇ-

Meaning : to see

Proto-South Dravidian: *kāṇ-

Proto-Telugu : *kān-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kanḍ-

Proto-North Dravidian : *qan-

Brahui : xan-ing

Notes : Actually, while the root itself represents the famous example of the PDR morphological *a/*ā gradation (cf. *kaṇ- 'eye'), the North Dravidian and Brahui forms are probably derived of the noun itself, as there is no vowel length evident.

Proto-Telugu : *kān-

Meaning : to see

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kanu (allomorph kān-)

Dialectal forms (1) : kāncu

Additional forms : Also kānupu seeing, sight; kānipincu to appear, seem; show; kānuka gift offered to a superior, present, tribute; kaṇṭãbaḍu to appear, be seen, come in view; kanukali seeing, sight

Number in DED : 1443

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kanḍ-

Meaning : to see

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kolami : kanḍt, kanḍakt "seen, visible"

Naikri : kank er- "to appear"

Parji : kanḍp- (kanḍt-) "to look for, seek"

Ollari Gadba : kanḍp- (kanḍt-) "to search"

Number in DED : 1443

Proto-North-Dravidian : *qan-

Meaning : to be pleasant to the eye, be of good effect, suit well

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : xannā

Number in DED : 1443

Brahui : xan-ing

Meaning : to see

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Number in DED : 1443

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