Dravidian etymology : List with all references

Proto-South Dravidian : *ar_-

Meaning : to cut; to break off

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ar_u (ar_uv-, ar_r_-/(mod.) ar_unt-)

Tamil meaning : to be severed, break as a rope, cease, become extinct, perish, be decided, settled

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to break off, cut, part asunder, sever, cleave, exterminate, determine, resolve; ar_al becoming detached by cutting; ar_uti end, close, termination, limit, destruction; ar_uppu harvest, reaping the crop, piece, section sawn; ar_umpu dearth, famine; ar_umai instability, transience; ar_ainan_ one who reaps; ar_uvaṭai harvest; ar_r_am destruction, ruin, destitution

Malayalam : ar_uka

Malayalam meaning : to be severed, cut off, break, cease

Malayalam derivates : ar_ukka to sever, cut off, decide; ar_u severing, cutting; ar_uti end, limit; ar_uppu severing, sawing, harvest; ar_umpu dearth; ar_r_am extremity, end

Kannada : ar_u

Kannada meaning : to be severed or disjoined, be cut asunder, cease, end

Kannada derivates : ar_aka state of being broken or injured as a tile, ball, etc.; ar_ake fragment, piece

Kodagu : ara- (arap-, arat-)

Kodagu meaning : to cut

Tulu : arpuni

Tulu meaning : to efface, obliterate

Proto-Nilgiri : *ar_ǝ-

Number in DED : 0315

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *ar_ǝ-

Meaning : to cut

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : arv- (art-) "to cut (meat) into small pieces for broth"

Toda : ar_f- (ar_t-) "to cut, reap"

Additional forms : Also Kota armbaṛ- (armbaṭ-) to starve; ? arvaŋgāṛ place where no one has lived; arvaṭy n. pr. Badaga village (the Badaga name is Araṭṭi; probably < arv-paṭy 'Badaga village in distant, lonely place')

Number in DED : 315

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *ar_[V]-

Meaning : to be destroyed, decrease

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : ar_u

Additional forms : Also ar_a defect, incompleteness; ar_agor_a defect, deficiency; r_akku, (K. also) rakku to scratch; n. scratching

Number in DED : 315

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