Konda etymology : List with all references

Konda : aḍar

Meaning: (BB) herd of cows

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Number in DED : 84

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *aḍar

Meaning : herd

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Konda : aḍar

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *aḍer

Meaning : herd of cows

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : aḍer

Number in DED : 84

Proto-Dravidian : *aḍái ~ *aḍí

Meaning : to compact, gather together; lump, clot

Proto-South Dravidian: *aḍai- ~ *aḍi-

Proto-Telugu : *aḍar- ~ *aḍi-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *aḍar

Proto-North Dravidian : *aṛg-

Notes : Monosyllabic forms are also found but are in the minority and may be secondary. PNDR *aṛg- "spleen" can go back to *aḍV́K- and fits in rather well phonetically; as for the shift in meaning, it is commonly observed in South Dravidian: cf. Tam. kaṭṭi "clod, lump, enlarged spleen", Kod. gëṇḍe "spleen", etc. // Present in 4/6 branches.

Proto-South Dravidian : *aḍai- ~ *aḍi-

Meaning : heap; to collect

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : aṭai (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to collect, gather (as dust), become close, compact, hard (as sand by rain)

Tamil derivates : aṭai-maẓai continuous rain; aṭai-maṇ silt, alluvium; aṭaicu (aṭaici-) to crowd, get close together, shower upon; aṭaical crowded condition, density; aṭar (-v-, -nt-) to be close together, thick, crowded; to press around, hem in; aṭarppam, aṭartti, (PR) aṭarcci closeness, crowdedness; aṭarvu thickness, denseness; aṭi (-pp-, -tt-) to be on the increase, abound; aṭikkaṭi frequently, often; aṭacu (aṭaci-) to be crowded

Malayalam : aṭa-maẓa

Malayalam meaning : incessant rain

Malayalam derivates : aṭal incessant (of rain); aṭikkaṭi repeatedly; aṭṭi keṭṭuka, aṭṭikku iṭuka to pile up, ram, pack close

Kannada : aḍḍa

Kannada meaning : abundance (used of rain)

Kannada derivates : aḍar to appear in numbers, to amass (as clouds); aṭṭu state of being crowded or thronged, pressed or squeezed; aṭṭuḷi a crowd, multitude, state of being squeezed; aḍe a sticky, clotty mass, a lump (as of dates, tamarind, sugar, hair, etc.)

Tulu : aṭṭi

Tulu meaning : a pile, heap of rice

Tulu derivates : aṭāra widespread, as the branches of a tree; aḍarụ copse

Proto-Nilgiri : *aḍ-ĭ-

Notes : Kannada aḍḍa, with a voiced geminate, and Tulu aṭṭi deviate from the general mass of forms with strong verbal suffixes. It is possible that all the stems go back to an original monosyllabic *aṭṭ- (*aḍḍ-?), but contaminations and occasional dialectisms are not excluded either.

Number in DED : 0084

Proto-Nilgiri : *aḍ-ĭ-

Meaning : often

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : oḍyk

Number in DED : 84

Proto-Telugu : *aḍar- ~ *aḍi-

Meaning : to increase; n. increase, excess

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : aḍaru

Additional forms : Also aḍi- excessive, great; aḍa a lump, clot, mass; aṭṭamu excessiveness; (VPK) [1] aṭṭadi, [2] aṭṭava, [3] eṭṭam packs of cut or fencing branches/bushes collected and piled up on bullock carts

Number in DED : 84

Proto-North-Dravidian : *aṛg-

Meaning : spleen

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : aṛxā

Malto : aṛgu

Notes : The PND ending is impossible to determine (the suffixes do not match in Kurukh and Malto).

Number in DED : 91

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