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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *vēḷ-ai (*b-)
Meaning : split pulse
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kannada : bēḷe
Kannada meaning : split pulse, the half of a seed of the guñja or Abrus precatorius
Kodagu : bēḷe
Kodagu meaning : each of the halves of a seed that can be divided
Tulu : bēḷè
Tulu meaning : split pulse
Tulu derivates : bōḷè seed of a jackfruit
Proto-Nilgiri : *Pāḷ
Miscellaneous : Cf. (?) Ko. vēḷ badly ground coarse flour
Notes : Kodagu bēḷe is irregular; possibly re-borrowed from Kannada.
Number in DED : 4444
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *Pāḷ
Meaning : each seed section of a jackfruit
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Toda : pāɫ̣
Number in DED : 4444
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *bēḷ-
Meaning : split pulse
Proto-South Dravidian: *vēḷ-ai (*b-)
Proto-Telugu : *bēḍ-al
Notes : Telugu *-ḍ- by dissimilation (*bēḷ-al > bēḍ-al).
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *bēḍ-al
Meaning : (pl.) split pulse
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : bēḍalu
Number in DED : 4444
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-dednum,

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