Proto-South Dravidian : *kāṇ-
Meaning : to see
Tamil : kāṇ (kāṇp-, kaṇṭ-)
Tamil meaning : to see, consider, investigate, appear, become visible; n. sight, beauty
Tamil derivates : kāṇkai knowledge; kāṇpu seeing, sight; kāṭci sight, vision of a deity, view, appearance; kāṇikkai voluntary offering, gift to a temple, church, guru or other great person; kāṭṭu (kāṭṭi-) to show; n. showing; kaṇṇu (kaṇṇi-) to purpose, think, consider; kaṇ-kāṭci gratifying spectacle, exhibition, object of curiosity
Malayalam : kāṇuka
Malayalam meaning : to see, observe, consider, seem
Malayalam derivates : kāṇi visitor, spectator; kāṇikka to show, point out; n. offering, present; kāṭṭuka to show, exhibit; kāẓca, kāẓma eyesight, offering, show, spectacle
Kannada : kāṇ (kaṇḍ-)
Kannada meaning : to see, appear; n. seeing, appearing
Kannada derivates : kāṇike, kāṇke sight, vision, present, gift; kāṇuvike seeing, appearing; kāṇisu to show, show oneself, appear; kaṇi sight, spectacle, ominous sight, divination
Kodagu : kāṇ- (kāmb-, kaṇḍ-)
Kodagu meaning : to see; seem, look (so-and-so)
Kodagu derivates : kāṭ- (kāṭi-) to show
Tulu : kāṇụsāvuni, kāṇisāvuni
Tulu meaning : to show, represent, mention
Tulu derivates : kāṇikè, kāṇigè present to a superior
Notes : Kannada kaṇi and Tamil forms with short -a- may be due to the short vowel in *kaṇ 'eye'.
Number in DED : 1443
