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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil : koḷai
Tamil meaning : melody, song
Proto-Nilgiri : *koḷ[ä]
Number in DED : 2155
sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,

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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *koḷ[ä]
Meaning : tune, song
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : koḷ
Toda : ? koṇ "words of songs, words used in dance-song"
Notes : The Toda form is very dubious. Phonetically it should rather be placed with Tamil kaṇakaṇa "to sound, jingle", etc., although this is much worse semantically.
Number in DED : 2155
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-kota,ktet-toda,ktet-notes,ktet-dednum,

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