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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *kinḍ-
Meaning : to stir, scratch; to dig in
Tamil : kiṇṭu (kiṇṭi-)
Tamil meaning : to poke, stir, scratch (as a fowl), dig up, burrow in (as rats, worms), dig, probe, examine, incite (as to a quarrel)
Tamil derivates : kiṇṭal setting one to do some mischief; keṇṭu (keṇṭi-) to dig, cut and eat
Malayalam : kiṇṭuka
Malayalam meaning : to stir a pap, dig
Malayalam derivates : kiṇṭal pumping a person
Tulu : ceṇḍāḍuni
Tulu meaning : to destroy, ruin
Number in DED : 1542
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-malder,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,
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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *kenḍ-
Meaning : to flay
Kota : kej- (kej-) "to flay, cut open or cut up (carcass, meat)"
Toda : köḍ- (köḍy-)
Notes : Kota kej- appears under the influence of the past stem (where *kenḍǐ- regularly > kej-).
Number in DED : 1542
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-kota,ktet-toda,ktet-notes,ktet-dednum,
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *kinḍ-, *kenḍ-
Meaning : to cut up; to dig in
Notes : The vowel correspondences between Telugu and SDR highly irregular; seeing as both variants are present in Tamil, the possibility of two different roots is not excluded.
dravet-meaning,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,dravet-ndr,dravet-notes,
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *cenḍ-
Meaning : to cut
Telugu : ceṇḍu
Additional forms : Also ceṇḍāḍu to cut to pieces
Number in DED : 1542
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-addition,telet-dednum,
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North Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-North-Dravidian : *kinḍ-
Meaning : to cut flesh or fruit
Malto : kinḍe
Number in DED : 1542
ndret-meaning,ndret-prnum,ndret-mlt,ndret-dednum,
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