Gondi etymology : Query result

Proto-Gondi : *ūr-

Meaning : to blow

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Muria Gondi : ur- "to blow with mouth, play on flute, kindle fire by blowing, exorcise"

Maria Gondi : ūr- "to blow (fire, flute)"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : urānā

Number in DED : 751

Number in CVOTGD : 259

Proto-Gondi : *ūr-

Meaning : to wash face

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Maria Gondi : kaṇk ūr-/ūṛ-

Koya Gondi : kaṇk ūr-/ūṛ-

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Ko (Su.) ur- to wash face

Number in DED : 670

Number in CVOTGD : 321

Proto-Gondi : *ūs-

Meaning : flood, spring

Betul Gondi : ūsā "a flood, spate"

Maria Gondi (Smith) : hoogoo "a spring of water"

Adilabad Gondi : ūs- "(milk) to overflow"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Tr ūsānā to drip or water (of the eyes); Gondi_A (Su.) ūsā flow of water, flood

Notes : It is unclear whether hoogoo really belongs here.

Number in DED : 761

Proto-Gondi : *ūs-

Meaning : to smear (cowdung)

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : ūsānā "to smear cowdung"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : usānā "to smear"

Adilabad Gondi : ūs- "(Su.) to smear cowdung"

Number in DED : 686

Proto-Gondi : *ūt-

Meaning : to suck

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : ūt-

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : ūt-

Number in DED : 2621

Number in CVOTGD : 312

Proto-Gondi : *ūt-ā

Meaning : trap

Seoni Gondi : ūta

Number in DED : 762

Number in CVOTGD : 310

Proto-Gondi : *vaḍ-

Meaning : to twist, spin

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : wadītānā "to twist or twirl fibre into a thread"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : vaḍḍānā, vaḍitānā "to spin"

Koya Gondi : vaṛk- "to spin"

Adilabad Gondi : vaḍūyānā "to twist a rope"

Number in DED : 1012

Number in CVOTGD : 3156, 3201

Proto-Gondi : *vaḍ-ēk-

Meaning : to be thirsty

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : waḍēktānā

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : vaḍēktānā

Yeotmal Gondi : vaṭka vas- "thirst to be felt"

Adilabad Gondi : ēr vaṭk-

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Hislop wutkee thirst

Number in DED : 5222

Number in CVOTGD : 3158

Proto-Gondi : *vaḍk-ā

Meaning : division, part

Muria Gondi : vaṛka

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : vaṛgā

Maria Gondi (Lind) : vaḍgā "half, portion"

Number in DED : 5228

Number in CVOTGD : 3203

Proto-Gondi : *vah-

Meaning : to bear (animals)

Betul Gondi : wahtānā "to give birth to (not of humans)"

Adilabad Gondi : vāhānā "(SR) to bear (of animals)"

Chanda Gondi : vāhtānā "to bear (of animals)"

Number in DED : 5549

Number in CVOTGD : 3217

Proto-Gondi : *vahc-

Meaning : to boil

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : wahacānā "to come to the boiling point"

Maria Gondi : vaʔc-

Koya Gondi : vahs-

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : vāhcānā

Adilabad Gondi : vahc-

Number in DED : 5326

Number in CVOTGD : 3215

Proto-Gondi : *val

Meaning : whetstone

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Adilabad Gondi : mesi-val

Number in DED : 5285

Number in CVOTGD : 2959

Proto-Gondi : *val-

Meaning : net

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Koya Gondi : vala

Chanda Gondi : olla

Number in DED : 5288

Number in CVOTGD : 3207

Proto-Gondi : *val-

Meaning : much, very

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : wallē

Number in DED : 5276

Proto-Gondi : *valēk-

Meaning : Bombax malabaricum

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : walēkī-maṛā

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : valēkī

Muria Gondi : vallek

Maria Gondi : lēki

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : leke

Maria Gondi (Smith) : lèkee

Adilabad Gondi : velkī "(Su.) silk-cotton tree"

Notes : The syncopation here is similar to the process in *nelenǯ "moon" q.v.

Number in DED : 495

Number in CVOTGD : 3126, 3208

Proto-Gondi : *val-h-

Meaning : to call, invite

Muria Gondi : vallih-

Number in DED : 5283

Number in CVOTGD : 3210

Proto-Gondi : *vam-

Meaning : to sell

Betul Gondi : mammānā

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : mamítáná

Maria Gondi : vam-

Koya Gondi : vam-

Yeotmal Gondi : omm-

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : bamānā

Maria Gondi (Lind) : momanā

Adilabad Gondi : omm-

Chanda Gondi : amāna, mamāna

Additional forms : Also Gondi_A (SR) vomm- to sell

Notes : The root displays a unique set of correspondences, no doubt related to various assimilative processes triggered by the presence of *v- and *-m- within the same root. Unfortunately, since the word has no reliable outside etymology, the protoform *vam- is quite tentative. The only parallel in DEDR is Tel. ammu 'to sell, vend', but it is hard to reconcile Telugu and Gondi material on a genetic level; Gondi evidence clearly shows an initial *v- (or at least *m- with dissimilations), whereas the Telugu form has a clear-cut vocalic anlaut. This is therefore either a chance similarity or - more probable, given the scarce representation of this cultural term - evidence for two independent borrowings from some obscure source.

Number in DED : 186

Number in CVOTGD : 413

Proto-Gondi : *vanḍ-

Meaning : to taste

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : vanḍīnā

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : vanḍānā

Number in DED : 5240

Number in CVOTGD : 3163

Proto-Gondi : *vaṇk-

Meaning : to speak

Betul Gondi : wankānā "to speak, talk"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : vank- "to speak, talk"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : vank- "to speak, talk"

Muria Gondi : vaṛk- "to say, speak"

Maria Gondi : vaṛk- "to say, speak"

Yeotmal Gondi : vaṛk- "to say, speak"

Chindwara Gondi : vank- "to speak, talk"

Adilabad Gondi : vaṛk- "to say, speak"

Number in DED : 5310

Number in CVOTGD : 3200

Proto-Gondi : *vanǯ-i

Meaning : rice, paddy

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : wanjī "rice, both growing and in the grain"

Muria Gondi : vanji "paddy"

Maria Gondi : vanji "paddy"

Koya Gondi : vanji "paddy"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : vanjī "paddy"

Maria Gondi (Lind) : vanjī "rice, seed"

Adilabad Gondi : venjī perek "(SR) rice"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_A vanji paddy

Number in DED : 5265

Number in CVOTGD : 3146