கௌளி

Tamil

Alternative forms

• கவுளி (kavuḷi), கெவுளி (kevuḷi)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kawVḷi. Cognate with Malayalam ഗൗളി (gauḷi).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /kɐʊ̯ɭɪ/, [kɐʊ̯ɭi]

Noun

கௌளி • (kauḷi) (dialectal)

1. house lizard, common house gecko

   Synonym: பல்லி (palli)

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “கௌளி”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]