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🗣️ A Dravidian language 👥 A tribal group
Toda

Toda

9.9
A person from a group that keeps animals in the Nilgiri Hills in southern India
  • noun
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  • The Toda are renowned for their distinctive oval-shaped huts and rich traditions.

Examples

  • Many anthropologists have studied Toda rituals and social customs in the Nilgiri region.

  • A Toda woman demonstrated their unique embroidery techniques at the cultural exhibition.

  • The Toda people have a unique culture.

  • Many Todas still practice traditional farming.

  • A Toda woman demonstrated their unique embroidery techniques at the cultural exhibition.

  • Many anthropologists have studied Toda rituals and social customs in the Nilgiri region.

  • The Toda are renowned for their distinctive oval-shaped huts and rich traditions.

Compounds

Toda language
9.9

A language spoken by the Toda people in southern India

Surface Forms

Toda singular
Todas plural

Etymology

Toda comes from the name the people use for themselves in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India, so a Toda is a person from that group, traditionally a cattle-keeping people.