Gondi etymology : Query result

Proto-Gondi : *mes

Meaning : small bee

Betul Gondi : mas phukī "the smallest kind of bee"

Muria Gondi : mas "a kind of small bee"

Maria Gondi : mesi "a kind of small bee"

Adilabad Gondi : mes "(SR) beehive"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_A (SR) mes nayi honey

Number in DED : 4843

Number in CVOTGD : 2957

Proto-Gondi : *meṭ-ā

Meaning : mountain, hill

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : maṭṭā "mountain"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : maṭṭā "mountain"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : maṭṭā "mountain"

Muria Gondi : maṭṭa "mountain"

Maria Gondi : meṭa "hill"

Koya Gondi : meṭṭa

Yeotmal Gondi : meṭa "hill"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : meṭā, meṭa

Maria Gondi (Lind) : meṭā

Adilabad Gondi : meṭṭa "hill"

Durg Gondi : meṭṭa "hill"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_A (SR) meṭṭā hillock

Number in DED : 5058

Number in CVOTGD : 2949

Proto-Gondi : *mēj-

Meaning : to graze

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : mēīānā "to graze (of cattle and of ground-feeding birds)"

Muria Gondi : māy- "to graze (intr.)"

Maria Gondi : mēy- "to graze (intr.)"

Seoni Gondi : mēy- "to graze (intr.)"

Yeotmal Gondi : mēy- "to graze (intr.)"

Adilabad Gondi : mēy- "to graze (intr.)"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Tr mehtānā to graze cattle; mehtārī grazier, herd; Gondi_M mehānā to graze; Gondi_A, Gondi_Y, Gondi_D mēh-, Gondi_Mu, Gondi_S meh-, Gondi_Ma mēʔ- to grze (tr.)

Number in DED : 5093

Number in CVOTGD : 2964, 2968

Proto-Gondi : *mēk-ā

Meaning : goat

Koya Gondi : mēka

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : mekā

Number in DED : 5087

Proto-Gondi : *mēl-

Meaning : good

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Maria Gondi : mēlo "bad"

Koya Gondi : mēlta

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Elwin melo taboo (of places, actions, relatives)

Number in DED : 5086

Number in CVOTGD : 2967

Proto-Gondi : *mēnḍ

Meaning : full, whole

Betul Gondi : mēnḍ (obl. mēṭ-, pl. mēhk) "full (used suffixally, e.g. ḍoppō-mēnḍ a leafplate full)"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : mēṛ "full, whole, entire, complete"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : mēṛ "full, whole, entire, complete"

Muria Gondi : menḍ (pl. mehk) "full, whole, entire, complete"

Maria Gondi : nār̨ menḍu "the whole village"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Mu meṭaŋ having the total of; Gondi_Ma nār̨ meṭor all the people of the village

Number in DED : 5060

Number in CVOTGD : 2950

Proto-Gondi : *mēndul

Meaning : body

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : mēndur (obl. mēnduḍ-)

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : mēndul

Yeotmal Gondi : mēndul

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : mēndul

Maria Gondi (Lind) : meṇḍū̆l

Adilabad Gondi : mēndul, (SR) meṇḍol

Number in DED : 5099

Number in CVOTGD : 2963

Proto-Gondi : *mēnǯ

Meaning : egg

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : mēnj (pl. mēsk)

Muria Gondi : mēnj (pl. mēsk)

Maria Gondi : mēnj(i) (pl. mēsku)

Yeotmal Gondi : mēs (pl. -k)

Chindwara Gondi : mēnj (pl. mēsk)

Number in DED : 5088

Number in CVOTGD : 2962

Proto-Gondi : *mēṛ-ā

Meaning : large house, bungalow

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Koya Gondi : mēṛā

Number in DED : 4796

Number in CVOTGD : 2965

Proto-Gondi : *mēt-

Meaning : fenugrek seeds

Adilabad Gondi : mētīŋ (Su.)

Number in DED : 5072

Proto-Gondi : *mi-

Meaning : to open the eyes

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Koya Gondi : mi- (Su.)

Number in DED : 5084

Proto-Gondi : *miḍ-

Meaning : to wander about at a loss

Betul Gondi : miḍḍing-miḍḍing-aiānā

Number in DED : 4852

Number in CVOTGD : 2825

Proto-Gondi : *miḍ-s-

Meaning : to flash; spark

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : miḍstānā "to flash (of lightning)"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : mirsālnā "to flash (of lightning)"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : mirsīlnā, mirsīltānā "to flash (of lightning)"

Muria Gondi : mirŋgul "spark"

Maria Gondi : miṛs- "to lighten"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : miṛkānā "to flash (of lightning)"

Maria Gondi (Lind) : mīḍsā, mīrcā "lightning"

Maria Gondi (Smith) : meershinta "to glitter"

Adilabad Gondi : miḍcānā "(SR) to flash"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_A miṛc- to lighten; Gondi_A (Su.) miṛc- to glitter; miṛcval lightning; Gondi_Lu_S meersheetatta lightning; Gondi_Ma miṛŋgor̨ spark; Gondi_A (Su.) minŋūṛ spark

Number in DED : 4876

Number in CVOTGD : 2844, 2837

Proto-Gondi : *mihc-

Meaning : to plait (hair)

Muria Gondi : mihc-

Number in DED : 4853

Number in CVOTGD : 2850

Proto-Gondi : *mind-i

Meaning : eyelash

Betul Gondi : mindī

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : mindī

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : mindī

Maria Gondi : mindi

Koya Gondi : konḍa-minḍi "eyelid, eyelash"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : konḍā-mindī "eyebrow"

Chindwara Gondi : mindi

Adilabad Gondi : mindi

Number in DED : 4864

Number in CVOTGD : 2831

Proto-Gondi : *miṇ-ko

Meaning : firefly; star

Betul Gondi : mīnkō "the stars which a stunned, dazed, or liverish man sees"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : minko "firefly"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : minko "firefly"

Muria Gondi : miṛko "firefly"

Maria Gondi : minʔkonj(i) (pl. minʔkosku) "star, firefly"

Koya Gondi : miṛko "firefly"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : miṛko "star"

Maria Gondi (Lind) : miḍkos "star"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Mu miṛkom star

Number in DED : 4876

Number in CVOTGD : 2842

Proto-Gondi : *minǯ-

Meaning : to hide, bury

Betul Gondi : minjānā "(snake) to bury itself in the earth, (field) to be covered with crop"

Koya Gondi : mins- "to hide"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : minjānā "to hide"

Adilabad Gondi : minjānā "(SR) to bury"

Number in DED : 4863

Number in CVOTGD : 2821

Proto-Gondi : *miŋ-

Meaning : to swallow

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Yeotmal Gondi : miŋ-

Adilabad Gondi : miŋg-

Number in DED : 4866

Number in CVOTGD : 2818

Proto-Gondi : *miR-

Meaning : to crack (knuckles), snap (fingers)

Muria Gondi : mirih- "to crack knuckles"

Maria Gondi : mor̨- "to snap fingers"

Koya Gondi : muhr- "to crack knuckles"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Ma mor̨hk- to crack knuckles

Number in DED : 4848

Number in CVOTGD : 2835

Proto-Gondi : *miR-

Meaning : to swarm

Betul Gondi : mirrānā "to swarm (of insects in the rains)"

Adilabad Gondi : mir- "(Su.) to be split"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Tr mirstānā to scatter or splash earth or water over anyone, (lice) to swarm on one's head; Gondi_A (Su.) caus. mirus-

Number in DED : 5083

Number in CVOTGD : 2836, 2839