ಕೋಡಂಗಿ

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *korVnk- (“monkey”). Cognate with Malayalam കുരങ്ങ് (kuraṅṅŭ), Tamil குரங்கு (kuraṅku), Telugu క్రోతి (krōti), and Tulu ಕುರಂಗ (kuraṅga).

• IPA^(key): /koːɖɐŋɡi/

ಕೋಡಂಗಿ • (kōḍaṅgi)

1. joker, clown, buffoon

• Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಕೋಡಂಗಿ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1769”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.