Gondi etymology : Query result

Proto-Gondi : *siṛ-

Meaning : below, beneath

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : sir "under, beneath"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : sirī "below"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : sirī "below"

Maria Gondi : iṛ "beneath, below"

Seoni Gondi : hiṛ(u) "below"

Maria Gondi (Lind) : hīḍu "below"

Adilabad Gondi : siṛ "(Su.) down, below"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Ma, Gondi_S iṛta lower; Gondi_A (Su.) siṛāyiŋ east

Number in DED : 2584

Number in CVOTGD : 3408

Proto-Gondi : *siṛ-

Meaning : parrot

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : siṛī

Muria Gondi : hiṛī (pl. -k)

Maria Gondi (Smith) : hidkoo "(pl.) parrot"

Number in DED : 2582

Number in CVOTGD : 3409

Proto-Gondi : *sir-

Meaning : to have pins and needles after a limb has gone to sleep

Betul Gondi : sirum saiānā

Notes : The exact dialect is not specified.

Number in DED : 2613

Proto-Gondi : *siṛ-k- (*-r-)

Meaning : to sprinkle; fountain

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Adilabad Gondi : siṛk- "(Su.) to sprinkle water"

Chanda Gondi : jīriā (?) "fountain"

Number in DED : 2640

Number in CVOTGD : 1423

Proto-Gondi : *sirk-i

Meaning : charcoal

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Muria Gondi : hirk

Maria Gondi : irk

Seoni Gondi : hirki

Koya Gondi : irk

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : hiṛki, irki

Number in DED : 2552

Number in CVOTGD : 3551

Proto-Gondi : *sirn-a

Meaning : bell

Muria Gondi : hirna "cowbell, waist-bell used by the Murias for dancing"

Adilabad Gondi : śirnā "(SR) bell"

Number in DED : 2515

Number in CVOTGD : 3404

Proto-Gondi : *siṛp-e

Meaning : bark; firewood

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Muria Gondi : hiṛpeŋ "(pl.) bark of tree"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : hiṛpe "fuel"

Maria Gondi (Lind) : hīrpe "firewood"

Maria Gondi (Smith) : hirpè "a chip or shaving"

Number in DED : 2586

Number in CVOTGD : 3556

Proto-Gondi : *sit-ā

Meaning : tamarind

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : sittā maṛā

Gommu Gondi : hitta

Muria Gondi : hitta

Maria Gondi : itta

Seoni Gondi : hitta

Koya Gondi : itta

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : īta

Number in DED : 2529

Number in CVOTGD : 3381

Proto-Gondi : *sī-

Meaning : to give

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : sīānā "to give, allow"

Gommu Gondi : hī-

Muria Gondi : hī-

Maria Gondi : ī-

Seoni Gondi : hī-

Koya Gondi : ī-

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : hiyānā (hit-)

Number in DED : 2598

Number in CVOTGD : 3418

Proto-Gondi : *sīkāṭ-i

Meaning : darkness

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : sikāṭī "pitch darkness"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : sīkāṭī

Muria Gondi : īkaṛ "darkness, night"

Seoni Gondi : hīkaḍ "darkness, night"

Koya Gondi : īkaṛ

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : ikāṛ

Adilabad Gondi : sikāṭi

Notes : Gondi_Mu is irregular (*hīkaṛ would be expected), probably re-borrowed from another dialect.

Number in DED : 2604

Number in CVOTGD : 3379

Proto-Gondi : *sīl-e

Meaning : cloth

Koya Gondi : sīle

Number in DED : 2629

Number in CVOTGD : 3428

Proto-Gondi : *sīm-[u]

Meaning : pus

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Koya Gondi : sīm (Su.)

Number in DED : 1606

Proto-Gondi : *sīn-ā

Meaning : leaf-pin

Muria Gondi : hīna "leaf-cup pin"

Maria Gondi : īna "leaf-cup pin"

Koya Gondi : ītam

Notes : It is unclear whether the Koya form belongs here or not.

Number in DED : 2614

Number in CVOTGD : 208, 3562

Proto-Gondi : *sīnd-

Meaning : to blow the nose

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Muria Gondi : hīnd-

Maria Gondi : īnd-

Koya Gondi : īnd-

Number in DED : 2618

Number in CVOTGD : 3563

Proto-Gondi : *sīnt-ī

Meaning : date palm

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : chatlā-sīndī "date tree"

Muria Gondi : hīndi "wild date-palm"

Maria Gondi : hīndi "wild date-palm"

Seoni Gondi : hīndi "wild date-palm"

Koya Gondi : īte kaṭa "wild date palm"

Yeotmal Gondi : sindi "wild date-palm"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : īndi "wild date-palm, Phoenix acaulis"

Adilabad Gondi : sīndī "date-palm, Phoenix dactylifera"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Ko ētel date-palm (?)

Number in DED : 2617

Number in CVOTGD : 3395, 381

Proto-Gondi : *sī-ŋ- (caus. *sī-k-)

Meaning : to tear; splinter

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : sinder "a splinter of wood, bamboo, etc."

Gommu Gondi : hīk- "to tear"

Muria Gondi : hīk- "to tear"

Maria Gondi : īk- "to tear"

Koya Gondi : īk- "(Su.) to tear"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : hikānā "to tear"

Maria Gondi (Lind) : hīk- "to tear"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_L hīkaval carpenter; Gondi_Ko (Su.) īŋ- to be torn

Number in DED : 2491

Number in CVOTGD : 3396, 3560

Proto-Gondi : *sīp-i

Meaning : upper belly

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : sīpī "the part over the liver"

Chindwara Gondi : sīpi

Number in DED : 2620

Number in CVOTGD : 3419

Proto-Gondi : *sīp-i

Meaning : spoon

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Seoni Gondi : hīpi

Number in DED : 2619

Number in CVOTGD : 3564

Proto-Gondi : *sīpVv-

Meaning : white patches on a man's skin

Betul Gondi : sīpōwā

Adilabad Gondi : subbā (SR)

Number in DED : 2536

Number in CVOTGD : 3421, 3441

Proto-Gondi : *sīr

Meaning : nit; louse

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : sīṛ "louse"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : sīr (pl. -k) "nit"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : sīr (pl. -k) "nit"

Muria Gondi : hīṛ "nit"

Seoni Gondi : hīr, īr "nit"

Chindwara Gondi : sīr (pl. -k) "nit"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_W, Gondi_Ph cirnī comb for removing nits

Notes : The word for 'comb' is probably borrowed from SDR.

Number in DED : 2625

Number in CVOTGD : 3422, 1325