Proto-Nilgiri : *kar_ǝg
Meaning : a k. of grass
Kota : karg "sp. grass"
Toda : kar_x "sp. short grass (for grazing)"
Additional forms : Also Kota tikarg, nakarg Andropogon foulkesii; Toda kakar_x Eragrostis nigra, Nees. (so Rivers, p. 738, with misspelling Eragrostica; TGT, commentary on text 56)
Number in DED : 1397