Kui-Kuwi etymology : List with all references

Proto-Dravidian : *nej-

Meaning : to weave

Proto-South Dravidian: *nej-

Proto-Telugu : *nēj-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *nej-

Proto-North Dravidian : *es- (?)

Notes : Burrow and Emeneau put PNDR *es- here, but this is hardly possible (neither the anlaut, nor the auslaut consonantism does not match).

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *nej-

Meaning : to weave

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ney (-v-, -t-)

Tamil meaning : to weave as clothes, string, link together

Tamil derivates : neyvār the caste of weavers; neyvu weaving; necavu weaving, act of weaving, texture, intertexture, web; ? nēyavai curtain

Malayalam : neyka

Malayalam meaning : to weave, plait mats

Malayalam derivates : neyttu weaving; neypu a large mat for treading out corn in sandy districts; neyyal weaving

Kannada : nē̆y, nē̆yi, neyyu, nē, nēyu

Kannada meaning : to weave, entwine

Kannada derivates : neyi, nē, nēyu weaving, a web; nē̆yige, nē̆yge, nēge id., entwining or being entwined; neysu, nēyisu to cause to weave; nē̆yikār_a, neygekār_a, nēkār_a weaver

Kodagu : nēy- (nēyuv-, nejj-)

Kodagu meaning : to spin (thread)

Kodagu derivates : (Shanmugam) neyv braiding, weaving

Tulu : neyuni

Tulu meaning : to weave (as a spider)

Tulu derivates : neyipini, nēpini, nēyuni to weave, plait, braid; neyigè, nēgè texture; neyigāre weaver

Proto-Nilgiri : *nec-

Notes : PN *nec- < *nej-c-.

Number in DED : 3745

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Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *nec-

Meaning : to weave

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nec- (nec-)

Toda : nic- (nič-) "to darn"

Additional forms : Also Kota ? neg- (negy-) to be close-woven; negc- (negc-) to make close-woven; Toda nes- (nesɵ-), nīɵ- (nīɵ-) to weave

Notes : Toda nes- "weave" is a strange form; the past stem in -ɵ- indicates that it should have been bisyllabic, but external evidence does not show any bisyllabic variants of the same root.

Number in DED : 3745

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *nēj-

Meaning : to weave

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : nēyu

Additional forms : Also nēyincu to cause to be woven, get woven; nē̃ta weaving, texture; [1] nē̃takā̃ḍu, [2] nē̃tari weaver; nē̃ta-purugu spider

Number in DED : 3745

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *es-

Meaning : to weave, plait

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : essnā (issyas) "to weave, entwine into a fabric, furnish or adorn any article with net-work or plait-work"

Malto : ese "to plait, do mat-work"

Number in DED : 3745