Kui-Kuwi etymology : Query result

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mur-l-

Meaning : deformed ear

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kuwi (Israel) : murli kriyũ

Number in DED : 4977

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *murm-u (pl. *murpka/*mrupka)

Meaning : nose-ring

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : mūrmū (pl. mrūpka)

Sunkarametta Kuwi : murmu (pl. murka)

Number in DED : 4979

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mur(u)-

Meaning : to snap off; small piece

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : mroku inba "to snap off, be broken off"

Sunkarametta Kuwi : muka (pl. -ŋa) "crumb(s)"

Kuwi (Israel) : muka "small piece, e. g. meat, cloth, pot, etc."

Additional forms : Also Kui mrunga (mrungi-) to be torn; mrunga vīpka to break away from a torn part; mrupka (< mruk-p-; mrukt-) to tear, murder, kill; n. tearing, murder; mrūva (mrūt-) to die (balance word of sāva); ? muṛpa (muṛt-) to split wood

Notes : The bisyllabic base accounts for verbal forms in Kui. However, all Kuwi forms are borrowed from Telugu.

Number in DED : 4975

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *muru

Meaning : to growl, mutter

Kui : muru inba "to mutter, grumble, growl"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : mūrū kīali "to growl"

Kuwi (Israel) : muru muru ā- "to grumble, complain"

Number in DED : 4973

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mus-

Meaning : to munch, chew, grind the teeth

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : muhpa (muht-)

Number in DED : 4901

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *musk-/*muk-

Meaning : to bark

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : muska (muski-) "to bark; n. barking"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : mōkhali

Kuwi (Schulze) : mukh'nai

Sunkarametta Kuwi : musk- (-it-)

Kuwi (Israel) : muk- (-h-), musk- (-it-)

Number in DED : 5013

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *muṭ-

Meaning : to complete

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kuwi (Schulze) : muth'nai

Kuwi (Israel) : muṭ- (-t-) "to complete; be finished"

Number in DED : 4922

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mut-ʔenji

Meaning : pimple, wart

Kui : mūtenji "mole, birthmark, wart, corn"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : mūt'esi "pimple"

Kuwi (Israel) : mutʔesi "wart"

Number in DED : 4961

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *muṭ-la

Meaning : hammer

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Sunkarametta Kuwi : muṭla

Number in DED : 4932

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mū-

Meaning : old

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : mūssela "old man"

Kuwi (Schulze) : mū'nai "to outgrow"

Kuwi (Israel) : mudr- (-it-) "to become matured, ripen"

Notes : Kuwi_Isr mudr- borrowed from Telugu.

Number in DED : 4954

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mūc-i

Meaning : phlegm, mucus

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : mūsi "mucus of nose"

Khuttia Kui : mūci

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : mūci "phlegm"

Kuwi (Schulze) : mūci "cold (i.e. in the nose)"

Sunkarametta Kuwi : mūci "mucus of nose"

Kuwi (Israel) : mūci "cold (in the nose), mucus"

Number in DED : 4909

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mū-[g-]

Meaning : able; complete

Kui : mūga (mūgi-) "to be completed, terminated, accomplished; n. completion, accomplishment"

Kuwi (Schulze) : mū- (-t-) "to be able, sufficient"

Kuwi (Israel) : mūʔ- (-t-) "to be able"

Additional forms : Also Kui mūpka (< mūk-p-; mūkt-) to complete, finish, accomplish; mūpa (mūt-) id., succeed, be able, have power; n. ability; mugse completely, entirely

Number in DED : 4891

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mūh-u

Meaning : monkey

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : mūsu (pl. mūska) "sp. monkey or ape"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : mūhū (pl. mūska) "monkey (hanuman)"

Kuwi (Schulze) : mūhu

Sunkarametta Kuwi : muhu (pl. muska) "black-faced monkey"

Kuwi (Israel) : mūhu (pl. mūska) "black-faced monkey"

Notes : In Kui the singular form "restored" from the plural. In Kuwi_Su the singular form is probably short by analogy with the plural one.

Number in DED : 4910

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mūl-

Meaning : corner

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : muju, mudgu (?)

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : mūla

Sunkarametta Kuwi : mūla

Kuwi (Israel) : mūla

Notes : Kui muju cannot belong here; it hhould go back to *muygu.

Number in DED : 5044

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mūḷ-a (*-l-)

Meaning : brain

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : kāḍa-mūla

Khuttia Kui : mūla

Additional forms : Also Kui nīli bone marrow

Number in DED : 5051

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mūḷk-

Meaning : to urinate

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : mūlba (mūṭ-)

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : mṛūkali

Kuwi (Schulze) : mūnkinai

Sunkarametta Kuwi : mūṇk- (-it-)

Parja Kuwi : mūṇk- (-it-)

Additional forms : Also Kui mūlka urine; Kuwi_F mrū'ka urine; Kuwi_S munka urine; murkinai to piddle, piss; Kuwi_Su mṇūka, Kuwi_P mūṇka urine

Notes : Kuwi_S murkinai is somewhat unclear (and note the usual crazy differentiation of meanings).

Number in DED : 644

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mū-nǯ-

Meaning : (Letchmajee) three; (K) three (fem.-neut.)

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : munji

Khuttia Kui : mūnji

Additional forms : Also Kui mu pattu three times twelve dozen; (Friend-Pereira; Gūmsar dialect) mū̃ three; mūnji three things; Kui_K mu'ar three men; mū kōṛi 60; mū dina three days

Number in DED : 5052

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mūnǯ-

Meaning : to smell

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : mūnja (mūnji-) "to sniff, smell; n. act of smelling"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : mūnj-

Kuwi (Schulze) : mūnjinai

Tekriya Kuwi : mūnj-

Kuwi (Israel) : mūnj- (-it-)

Number in DED : 4886

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mūr-i

Meaning : parched rice

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : mūri

Number in DED : 5019

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mūr-mbu

Meaning : face

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Khuttia Kui : mrūmbu

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : mūmbu

Kuwi (Schulze) : mūmbū

Sunkarametta Kuwi : mūmbu

Parja Kuwi : mūmbu

Kuwi (Mahanti) : mūkā

Kuwi (Israel) : mūmbu

Notes : The suffixed form certainly dates back to CDR. Inlaut -r- was preserved only in Kuttia by means of a metathese. Kuwi_Mah mūkā probably borrowed from SDR.

Number in DED : 4889