South Dravidian etymology : List with all references

Proto-South Dravidian : *pūṇ- (caus. *pūṭ-)

Meaning : to wear; to yoke

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pūṇ (pūṇp-, pūṇṭ-)

Tamil meaning : to put on, wear, be fettered or yoked with, undertake (as a business); become entangled (as a lock of hair), be caught (as birds in a snare), be yoked, become inseparable; n. ornament

Tamil derivates : pūṇu-nūl, pūṇūl sacred thread; pūṭci wearing, ornament, union, belief, determination; pūṭkai belief, determination; pūṇṭān_ husband; pūṇi bull, bullock; pūṇi (-pp-, -tt-) to cause to appear, bring into existence; make a vow; pūṇippu vow, decision, resolve; pūṭṭu (pūṭṭi-) to lock, hook, unite, yoke, fetter, put on (as jewels, garlands), entrap; n. locking, harnessing, etc.; pūṭṭai cord for fastening a bullock to its yoke

Malayalam : pūṇuka

Malayalam meaning : to be closed, be yoked, embrace, put on (as cloth, ornaments)

Malayalam derivates : pūṇpu girdle, ornament; pūṇunūl, pūṇūl sacred thread; pūṭṭuka to lock, yoke, bend the bow, embrace; pūṭṭu closure, lock, yoking

Kannada : pūṇ (pūṇd-)

Kannada meaning : to fix (as an arrow), begin; admit, assent, consent, promise, vow, challenge, bring forward or introduce; n. admission

Kannada derivates : pūṇke admission, promise, vow; hūṇi a vow; pūḍu to join (tr.), tie to, yoke, fix (as an arrow), prepare, arrange, bring about, create, begin; n. established state; pūṇipu to intend, aim at; pūn to attempt; puṇumbu arrow

Tulu : hūṇe

Tulu meaning : a vow, promise

Tulu derivates : puṇepini, puṇepuni, puṇevuni to persevere till one has avenged himself, contest to the last, compete, vie; puṇevu resoluteness

Proto-Nilgiri : *pūṇ-

Number in DED : 4361

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *pūṇ-

Meaning : to yoke

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : pūṛ- (pūṛy-) "to yoke, prepare smithy by getting ready bellows"

Toda : pūḷ- (pūḍ-) "to wear around neck"

Additional forms : Also Kota pūṭ- (pūṭy-) to fit (tr.) into sheath (at smithy); Toda pūṭ- (pūṭy-) to tie around someone else's neck; ? ūṭm vow (in songs); ? pūf- (pūt-) to wear (cloak); pūtxuɫ̣y cloak; pūc- (pūč-) to put (garment) on someone else

Notes : Kota pūṛ- is secondary, probably developed out of the past stem.

Number in DED : 4361

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *pūṇ-

Meaning : yoke

Proto-South Dravidian: *pūṇ-

Proto-Telugu : *pūn-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *pūnd-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *pūnḍ-

Proto-North Dravidian : *pund-/*pūn-

Notes : Complex reflexation probably because the root was used in several variants. I suggest PDR *pūṇ- 'yoke' and PDR *pūṇ-d- 'to yoke'.

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *pūn-

Meaning : to undertake, set about, wear, attempt

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : pūnu

Additional forms : Also [1] pūnucu, [2] pūncu to undertake, yoke; pū̃cu to endeavour; [1] pūnika, [2] pūnki, [3] pūniki, [4] pū̃pu attempt, endeavour; ? pūṭa security, surety, bail

Number in DED : 4361

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *pūnd-

Meaning : yoke

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kondekor Gadba : pūndu "yoke of a cart"

Number in DED : 4361

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *pūnḍ-

Meaning : to yoke

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *puh-

Konda : pūṭ- (-t-)

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *pūṭ-

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *pūnḍ- (caus. *pūṭ-)

Notes : Gondi *puh- can belong here if it goes back to *puṭ-s-. Konda and PPM forms are causative too.

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *puh-

Meaning : to plough

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : puhtānā

Adilabad Gondi : pohānā, puhānā "(SR) to yoke, plough"

Chanda Gondi : puhānā "to yoke"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Tr pōnḍānā to put on a dhoti (of men only)

Number in DED : 4361

Number in CVOTGD : 2328, 2440

Konda etymology :

Konda : pūṭ- (-t-)

Meaning: to fasten bullocks to the plough, yoke

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Additional forms : Also Konda pūndi a yoke; pūṭi spoke

Number in DED : 4361

Pengo-Manda etymology :

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *pūṭ-

Meaning : to yoke

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : pūṭ- (-t-)

Number in DED : 4361

Kui-Kuwi etymology :

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *pūnḍ- (caus. *pūṭ-)

Meaning : to yoke

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : pūṛpa (pūṛt-), pūṭpa (pūṭt-) "to yoke; bear witness"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : pūthali

Kuwi (Schulze) : pūn- "to wear (bodice, etc.)"

Kuwi (Israel) : pūṭ- (-h-) "to yoke up the oxen"

Additional forms : Also Kui pūnḍa (pūnḍi-) to meet; n. act of meeting; Kuwi_F pondū yoke for cattle

Notes : 'To yoke oxen' = 'to make oxen to meet' or something like that. The vowel -o- in Kuwi_F is not quite clear, and so is Kuwi_S pūn-, which probably is not related.

Number in DED : 4361

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *pund-/*pūn-

Meaning : to yoke

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : pundnā

Malto : pūne (punḍ-) "to put on one's own neck (as a necklace)"

Additional forms : Also KUR pundUrnā to pass round one's neck; pūn necklace; MLT punde to put on another's neck (a wreath or necklace); pūnu necklace, garland.

Number in DED : 4361