Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *suc-
Meaning : to put on, wear
Kui : "to put on cloth"
Khuttia Kui : hucc-
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : hūcali "to put on clothes"
Kuwi (Schulze) : hucinai "to dress"
Sunkarametta Kuwi : huc- (-it-) "(woman) to put on, wear (cloth); to weave, plait (mat)"
Kuwi (Mahanti) : hoc- "to put on, wear (loincloth)"
Additional forms : Also Kui_W tusa (tusi-) to gird; Kuwi_F sūtū around; sūtali to roll up cloth; tōkriŋa hūc- to make baskets; Kuwi_S huccinai to weave
Notes : Kuwi_F forms with initial s- borrowed from Telugu; same probably in Kui_W, with a metathese. The root has been contaminated with *oc- 'to weave' and further mixed up by B&E (see *oc- for details).
Number in DED : 2715
