Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kaṭl-i
Meaning : cot
Khuttia Kui : gaṭeli
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : kuteli (pl. kutelka; i.e. kaṭeli, kaṭelka)
Kuwi (Schulze) : kateli
Sunkarametta Kuwi : kaṭeli
Parja Kuwi : gaṭeli
Notes : The correction of Kuwi_F vowel is not mine, but Burrow and Emeneau's; indeed, there are some other examples where -u- is obviously < *-a-. One may notice that this change only happens before dental/retroflex consonants, usually geminated or representing first part of a cluster. As for voiced g- in Kuttia and Kuwi_P, it is secondary; no other language or dialect has g- in this lexeme. We may suggest a regular voicening *k- > g- before -ṭ-; especially if the initial form was *kaṭli. This is suggested by lack of gemination of *-ṭ- in Kuwi dialects, as well as by lack of gemination of -l- in Kuwi_F. If it is so, we may also suggest that the word is indeed nothing else than an old borrowing from Telugu gaṭli.
Number in DED : 1145
