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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *kurt-
Meaning : to build up stones
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : kut- (kuty-) "to build up stones into wall"
Toda : ? kušt- (kušty-) "to build (wall of pen, etc.) with stones"
Notes : The correspondence "Kota -t- : Toda -št-" decidedly points to PN *-rt- (cf. *ert, *kartal, etc.), although the presence of such a cluster in a monosyllabic verbal base is somewhat weird.
Number in DED : 1720
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 :
Tamil : kuttu (kutti-)
Tamil meaning : to plant, set, fix in the ground, set on edge (as bricks in arching, terracing)
Tamil derivates : kuttāŋ-kal, kuttu-kkal stone or brick laid upright on edge
Proto-Nilgiri : *kurt- (?)
Number in DED : 1720
sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,

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