Proto-Nilgiri : *ūr_-ǝv-
Meaning : to stick in ground
Kota : ūv- (ūd-), ūd- (ūyd-) (?) "to sink into ground of its own weight"
Toda : ūr_- (ūr_y-) "to stick in ground (a stick, etc.); (hole, path, abandoned site) closes up, grows over"
Additional forms : Also Kota ūt- (ūyt-) to fix into ground by pressure; ūṇḍ- (ūṇḍy-), ūṇ- (ūṇy-) to transplant; Toda ūr_y growth on an abandoned place; ūn ēr the plough that they stick in the ground (in song; < Badaga; for ēr, see 2815)
Notes : Kota ūd- probably influenced by the past stem.
Number in DED : 763
