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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *vaḷ-/*val-
Meaning : a k. of basket or dish
Tamil : vaḷḷam
Tamil meaning : a dish for use in eating or drinking, hour-glass, a measure for grain (= 4 marakkāl), a measure of capacity (= 2 or 4 paṭi), boat made of trunk of a tree, canoe
Tamil derivates : vallam ola basket
Malayalam : vaḷḷam
Malayalam meaning : canoe, boat of one trunk, large bamboo basket (holding 200-400 par_a of rice), a small measure
Malayalam derivates : vallam large basket to hold grain, grass, charcoal
Kannada : baḷḷa
Kannada meaning : a measure of capacity, the fourth part of a koḷaga or 4 mānas
Tulu : baḷḷa
Tulu meaning : a seer, measure of capacity equal to about one seer or eighty tolas
Notes : Probably two roots here: *vaḷ- 'dish, measure', *val- 'a k. of basket'.
Number in DED : 5315
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-malder,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-kt,sdret-notes,sdret-dednum,
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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *vaḷ-
Meaning : a measure
Kota : vaḷm (obl. vaḷt-) "a grain measure (= 3 oḷk)"
Toda : poḷm (obl. poḷt-) "a bamboo vessel"
Additional forms : Also Kota valm (obl. valt-) round grain-storage basket
Number in DED : 5315
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-kota,ktet-toda,ktet-addition,ktet-dednum,
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *baḷ-
Meaning : a k. of measure
dravet-meaning,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *baḷḷ-a
Meaning : a certain measure of capacity
Telugu : baḷḷa
Number in DED : 5315
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-dednum,
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