Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *mīṇ-

Meaning : to escape

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mīṇ- (mīṇḍ-), mīṇḍ- (mīṇḍy-)

Additional forms : Also Kota mīṇṭ- (mīṇṭy-) to make to escape; mīṭ- (mīṭy-) to be successful in dispute or quarrel; (?) eat

Number in DED : 4883

Proto-Nilgiri : *mīr

Meaning : hair

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mīr "hair, feathers"

Toda : mīr

Number in DED : 4707

Proto-Nilgiri : *mīr_-

Meaning : to be out of control

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mīr- (mīry-) "to be extreme in anything, (beauty) is great, refuse to heed"

Toda : mīr_- (mīr_y-) "to become uncontrollable"

Number in DED : 4884

Proto-Nilgiri : *mīs

Meaning : moustache

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mīc

Toda : mīs

Number in DED : 4879

Proto-Nilgiri : *mī-s

Meaning : small part cut from each portion of calf at sacrifice

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : mīs

Number in DED : 4841

Proto-Nilgiri : *mod-

Meaning : valuable thing

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : moɵɨl

Notes : Probably borrowed from Kannada (vocalism irregular).

Number in DED : 4950

Proto-Nilgiri : *moḍ-

Meaning : mole on skin

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : moṛdiry

Number in DED : 5112

Proto-Nilgiri : *moḍ-ǝv

Meaning : a child's continuous crying

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : moṛv

Number in DED : 4989

Proto-Nilgiri : *moḍ-ǝv

Meaning : state of having crippled or no arms or legs

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : moṛv

Additional forms : Also Kota moṛvn man with no arms or legs, or crippled; fem. moṛvy

Number in DED : 4919

Proto-Nilgiri : *mog

Meaning : open ground in front of village, where people sit and buffaloes are milked

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : mɨx

Number in DED : 4889

Proto-Nilgiri : *mogǝḷ

Meaning : ridge of roof

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : moyḷ

Toda : muxuḷ

Number in DED : 4888

Proto-Nilgiri : *moḷ

Meaning : good points in argument (in assembly), directions given in building

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : mɨɫ̣

Number in DED : 4989

Proto-Nilgiri : *moḷ

Meaning : shoot of plant

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : mɨɫ̣, mɨḷ

Number in DED : 4997

Proto-Nilgiri : *moḷ-

Meaning : cubit

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : moḷm

Additional forms : Also Kota ? malm cubit

Number in DED : 4990

Proto-Nilgiri : *moḷ

Meaning : urine

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : moḷ

Number in DED : 644

Proto-Nilgiri : *moḷ

Meaning : peg

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : moḷ

Number in DED : 4998

Proto-Nilgiri : *molä

Meaning : breast

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mel

Toda : mɨs_ "nipple, teat, breast, udder"

Additional forms : Also Kota mol breast (in a proverb; < Badaga), pointed end of anvil; Toda mɨl breast (TS, p. 878)

Notes : Kota mol may not necessarily be a Badaga borrowing, but a dialectal variant (a usual situation for stems like *CoCä).

Number in DED : 4985

Proto-Nilgiri : *mo(n)ḍ

Meaning : short of stature

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : moḍ

Additional forms : Also Kota moṇ short

Number in DED : 4938

Proto-Nilgiri : *monḍĭ

Meaning : trunk

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : moṇḍy "headless trunk, body with useless arms, cut length of fuel, worn-out broom stump"

Toda : muḍy "man without use of legs, trunk of body"

Additional forms : Also Kota ? meḍ dullness (of knife)

Notes : Kota meḍ can go back to *moḍ-ä; however, external data does not support such a form.

Number in DED : 5114

Proto-Nilgiri : *moṛ-

Meaning : cubit

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : mogay, mogī "elbow"

Toda : magoy

Additional forms : Also Kota mogāl knee; Toda ? mīg-mū knee (mū pot); ? muṛy all the ribs attached to the backbone; muṛy eɫ̣f rib

Notes : Toda -a- is strange, but the context is really very complex (initial labial and an inlaut -ṛC- cluster, so everything could be possible).

Number in DED : 4990