North Dravidian etymology : List with all references

Proto-North-Dravidian : *qos-

Meaning : to become weak or soft, hence: decay, rot, moulder away, be worm-eaten, be worn, wasted

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : xossnā (xussyā)

Number in DED : 1822

Proto-Dravidian : *kuẓ-

Meaning : to rot, become soft

Proto-South Dravidian: *kuẓ-ai-

Proto-Telugu : *kru-ḷḷ-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kuṛŋ- (*-ḍ-)

Proto-North Dravidian : *qos-

Proto-South Dravidian : *kUẓ-ai-

Meaning : soft, rot; to soften

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kuẓai (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to become soft, mashy, pulpy (as well-cooked), be overboiled (as rice), melt, become tender (as the mind), fade, languish

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to macerate, mash, reduce to pulp, make soft by mixing with water, mix (as powder with a liquid), cause to melt; n. soft mud, mire; kuẓaiyal that which is mashed or softened, as overboiled rice; kuẓaivu mashy condition, tenderness of mind, fading, languishing; kūẓai mud

Malayalam : kuẓakuẓa

Malayalam meaning : slimy, soft

Malayalam derivates : kuẓayuka to be macerated, kneaded, mixed as pap; kuẓekka to mix, macerate, knead; ? kuṭumpuka to rot, putrefy; ? kuyumpu, kuyimpu, kuśumpu, kuśumpal mustiness, damp smell, decay; kūẓ what is rotten; kūẓa rottenness

Kannada : koẓe

Kannada meaning : to decay (as a corpse), rot (as fruit, fibres, wood), become putrid, grow pap-like, wear out (as cloth), pine away on account of grief; n. anything worn out, rotten, putrid, corrupt, excretion of the body, dirt, mud

Kannada derivates : koẓ state of being rotten or pap-like; koẓaku state of being worn out, decayed, rotten, putrid, stinking, state of being languished, pined away; that is putrid, etc.; koẓakutana putrescence; koẓaci, koẓace state of being putrid, impure, pap-like, soft, or muddy; soft mud; kocce mud, mire, bath-drainage

Tulu : kureyuni, kurevuni, kuripuni, kuriyuni

Tulu meaning : to decay, rot, putrefy

Tulu derivates : (B-K) kuḷi = kuri to decay; kurè filth, dirt; swamp, pool; kurtè, kurtelụ dirt, filthiness; dirty; kurtele a filthy man; korambè, kolambè swamp, marshy ground; koḷambè decayed, putrid, stinking; koḷakụ filthy, dirty

Proto-Nilgiri : *koṛ-ǝv-

Number in DED : 1822

Proto-Nilgiri : *koṛä-

Meaning : to rot

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : koḷv- (koḷd-) "(flesh) putrefies so as to fall apart"

Toda : kwaḍ- (kwaḍɵ-)

Additional forms : Also Kota kūv- (kūd-) (grain) gets soft and spoils because it got wet; (kūt-) to cause (grain) to get, etc.; ? kōb feverish place, grazing lands in feverish river valley; Toda kwāw decayed dead body

Notes : Kota kūv-, etc. hardly belongs here.

Number in DED : 1822

Proto-Telugu : *kru-ḷḷ-

Meaning : to rot, putrefy, decay; sorrow, grieve; adj. rotten, putrid, decomposed

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kuḷḷu

Dialectal forms (1) : kruḷḷu

Additional forms : Also kruḷḷagincu to grieve, sorrow; kruḷḷaginta grief, sorrow

Number in DED : 1822

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kuṛŋ- (*-ḍ-)

Meaning : rotten posts

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Salur Gadba : kuḍuŋ- "wooden posts to be rotten inside the earth and shaky"

Number in DED : 1822

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