Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *māc-
Meaning : dirt, dirty
Kui : māsi "filth, dirt, stain; wrong, wrongdoing, sin"
Khuttia Kui : māci
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : maci kīali "to dirty (body)"
Kuwi (Schulze) : māci "dirty"
Tekriya Kuwi : māh- (-it-) "to become dirty"
Kuwi (Mahanti) : maci "dirty"
Kuwi (Israel) : māci "dirt"
Additional forms : Also Kuwi_F mahi kīali to dirty (clothes); maci aiyali to become dirty (body); māhali to be dirty (clothes); Kuwi_Isr māh- (-it-) to be dirty
Notes : Why the verbal root has *-h- is not quite clear.
Number in DED : 4792
