Nilgiri etymology : List with all references

Proto-Nilgiri : *tird- (caus. *tirt-)

Meaning : to correct, straighten

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : tirt- (tirty-) "to change one's frame of mind"

Toda : tɨd- (tɨdy-) "to make straight (e. g. stick), correct (someone's character); tɨṣt- (tɨṣty-) to correct crookedness (of stick), (woman) lifts knees and holds them with her hands in sexual intercourse"

Number in DED : 3251

Proto-South Dravidian : *tir-nd-

Meaning : straight, correct

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : tiruntu (tirunti-)

Tamil meaning : to be correct, perfect, be amended, improved, reformed as a person, be repaired, renovated, be improved

Tamil derivates : tiruttu (tirutti-) to correct, rectify, reform, mend, repair, refit, improve, arrange properly, prepare land for cultivation, etc.; tiruttam correction, repair, improvement, amendment, orderliness, regularity, exactness; tiruttal correctness as of writing; tittu (titti-) to correct, rectify a mistake

Malayalam : tiruttuka

Malayalam meaning : to mend, correct

Malayalam derivates : tiruttam correctness in judgement and speech; tiruttu correction

Kannada : tirdu, tiddu

Kannada meaning : to make straight or right, correct, rectify mistakes, mend, improve, train, break in; n. making straight, etc.

Kannada derivates : tiddike, tidduvike correction

Kodagu : tidd- (tiddi-)

Kodagu meaning : to clean (a drain), twist and clean (moustaches), settle details of (a ceremony)

Tulu : tirduni, śirduni, tidduni

Tulu meaning : to correct, mend, reform, rectify, alter

Tulu derivates : tiddāvuni to get corrected; tiddigè correction

Proto-Nilgiri : *tird- (caus. *tirt-)

Number in DED : 3251

Proto-Dravidian : *tir-nd-

Meaning : correct, right

Proto-South Dravidian: *tir-nd-

Proto-Telugu : *didd-

Notes : Assimilation in Telugu.

Proto-Telugu : *didd-

Meaning : to correct, rectify, set right, alter, change; n. correction, change, alteration

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : diddu

Number in DED : 3251

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