Gondi etymology : Query result

Proto-Gondi : *avi-

Meaning : to be tired

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Koya Gondi : ayv- "to be tired, exhausted"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : avkānā "to tire"

Adilabad Gondi : aviyānā "(SR) to be tired"

Notes : The intransitive form is *avi-; the opposite transitive one is *av-k-.

Number in DED : 267

Number in CVOTGD : 101

Proto-Gondi : *ā-

Meaning : to be

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : aiānā "(irregular: 3 sg. impf. ānd-; some forms from stem ā-) to be"

Additional forms : Most dialects have ā-

Number in DED : 333

Number in CVOTGD : 115

Proto-Gondi : *āc- (caus. *āc-s-)

Meaning : to choose, select

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : āc-

Muria Gondi : āc-

Maria Gondi : āc-

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Mu caus. āch-/ācih-

Number in DED : 363

Number in CVOTGD : 119

Proto-Gondi : *ādur

Meaning : hail

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Gommu Gondi : ādur

Muria Gondi : ādur

Maria Gondi : ādur

Number in DED : 406

Number in CVOTGD : 129

Proto-Gondi : *ā-hun

Meaning : thus

Betul Gondi : āhun, āhon

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : āhun

Yeotmal Gondi : āhan

Adilabad Gondi : āhān, āhānē "(SR) of that sort"

Notes : Original vowel is *-u-; -ā- in Gondi_A is due to assimilation.

Number in DED : 1

Number in CVOTGD : 147

Proto-Gondi : *āj-

Meaning : to ripen

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : āittānā "to ripen (of makka, juar, gram)"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : aittānā "to ripen (of corn)"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Ph aiyānā to be ripe; caus. aisahtānā

Number in DED : 339

Number in CVOTGD : 116

Proto-Gondi : *āk-i

Meaning : leaf

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Koya Gondi : āk

Additional forms : Most dialects have ākī̆

Number in DED : 335

Number in CVOTGD : 117

Proto-Gondi : *āk-on-

Meaning : a thorny plant

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : akōna-kuttul

Adilabad Gondi : ākōnā-kuthul (SR)

Number in DED : 338

Number in CVOTGD : 5

Proto-Gondi : *āl-i, *ber-āl-i

Meaning : banyan, pipal tree

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : barēlī "banyan"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : berelī "banyan"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : berelī, birelī "banyan"

Gommu Gondi : berel "banyan"

Muria Gondi : āl "pipal tree"

Maria Gondi : berel "banyan"

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : āl(i) "pipal tree"

Additional forms : Also Gondi ālī̆ pipal tree (many dialects), Gondi_Mu berel banyan

Notes : In most dialects *berāl- > *berel- through assimilation.

Number in DED : 382

Number in CVOTGD : 142, 2604

Proto-Gondi : *āl-s-

Meaning : to think

Koya Gondi : āls- "to think of"

Maria Gondi (Lind) : ālīhanā "to think (also al-)"

Number in DED : 388

Number in CVOTGD : 144

Proto-Gondi : *ānǯ-

Meaning : to catch smth. falling

Betul Gondi : ānjānā "to catch the blood of a slain animal"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : ānjānā "to catch something falling"

Number in DED : 409

Number in CVOTGD : 124

Proto-Gondi : *āŋ- (caus. *āp-)

Meaning : to stop

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Koya Gondi : āng- "(T) to stop (intr.)"

Adilabad Gondi : āg- "(Su.) to stop, stand"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Ko (T) āp- to make stop; Gondi_Ko (Su) āŋ- to stop (intr.); āp- id. (tr.)

Number in DED : 340

Proto-Gondi : *āp-, *tap-

Meaning : father

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : āpōṛā̆l

Maria Gondi : tape

Koya Gondi : tappe

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : -

Maria Gondi (Lind) : tāpe

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Tr maipō my father; mī-āpō thy father; Gondi_Ko (Su.) tappe (his, her) father

Number in DED : 156

Number in CVOTGD : 133, 1656

Proto-Gondi : *āR- (caus. *āR-s-)

Meaning : to warm oneself; cool

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : ārānā "to warm oneself, to grow cool"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : ārānā "to warm oneself"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : ārānā "to heat, to cool"

Muria Gondi : ār- "to warm oneself by sitting near the fire, (hot liquid) to be cool"

Maria Gondi : ār̨- "to warm oneself (in the sun)"

Seoni Gondi : ār- "to be cool"

Koya Gondi : ārr- "(hot water) to become cool"

Adilabad Gondi : ārānā "(SR) to cool"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Ph caus. ārsahtānā; Gondi_Mu caus. ārih-; Gondi_S caus. ārcah-

Number in DED : 404

Number in CVOTGD : 135

Proto-Gondi : *āṛ (pl. *ās-k)

Meaning : woman

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : ār

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : āṛ (pl. āsk)

Gommu Gondi : āṛ

Muria Gondi : āṛ (pl. āsk)

Maria Gondi : āṛ (pl. āsk)

Number in DED : 400

Number in CVOTGD : 139

Proto-Gondi : *ār-e

Meaning : potter's wheel

Adilabad Gondi : āre (SR)

Number in DED : 398

Number in CVOTGD : 138

Proto-Gondi : *ār-ku

Meaning : Setaria italica

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Muria Gondi : ārk

Number in DED : 379

Number in CVOTGD : 137

Proto-Gondi : *āti

Meaning : father's sister

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : ātī

Number in DED : 142

Number in CVOTGD : 127

Proto-Gondi : *āt-ōR (masc.), *āt-al (neut.)

Meaning : of that sort

Betul Gondi : ātōl (masc.; pl. ātōṛ), ātal (neut.)

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : ātōr (masc.), ātal (neut.)

Adilabad Gondi : ātōr, ātal

Notes : In Gondi_Tr -l was generalized.

Number in DED : 1

Number in CVOTGD : 126

Proto-Gondi : *āv-i (*s-)

Meaning : a yawn

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Koya Gondi : āvi

Number in DED : 392

Number in CVOTGD : 145