Tamil meaning :dust, pulverised or fine powder, dry earth
Tamil derivates :pūẓti dust; pūẓi powder, dust, sacred ashes
Malayalam :puẓuti, pūẓi
Malayalam meaning :dust, earth put to the roots of trees, pollen, rust
Notes :The following forms are probably, but not necessary, borrowed from Skt.: Ta. pūti ashes, dust, powder; Ma. pūti, bhūti ashes; Ko. pūdy id.; To. pūɵy id.; Ka. būda, būdi, būdu id.; Kod. būdi id.; Tu. būdi id.; būdiŋga, būdu ash-coloured (Skt. bhūti- ashes)
Number in DED :4316
Proto-South Dravidian :*pūẓ-
Meaning :hole, gap
Tamil :puẓai
Tamil meaning :hole, tube, entrance, gate, forest path, by-path, narrow path
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to bore, riddle; puẓal tube, drain; pūẓ hole; pūẓai wicket gate, mountain pass, crevice, opening
Malayalam meaning :to be buried, stick in the mire
Malayalam derivates :pūntuka to sink in the ground; pūttuka to press into, bury; pūttu a grave
Kannada :pūẓ(u)
Kannada meaning :to inwrap, insert, cover, bury
Kannada derivates :hūẓ(u) to cover, bury; sink into (as a foot into mud), be filled up (as a channel); hūṇ to bury oneself in a melee; hūṇu, (PBh.) pūṇ- to bury; ? hugi id.; (Hav.) huggu to hide
Notes :Malayalam pūntu, etc., are probably old derivates (< PDR *pūṛ-nd-); as for the variant with the nasal -ṇ- (Malayalam, Kannada), it is unclear; could it be contaminated with *pūṇ- 'to enclose' ('enclose' = 'bury'?).
Kodagu meaning :(Shanmugam), eyelid, hair of eyelashes
Tulu :reppè
Tulu meaning :eyelid, eyelash
Tulu derivates :rampè eyelid
Number in DED :5169
Proto-South Dravidian :*Sad-
Meaning :marsh
Tamil :catuppu-nilam
Tamil meaning :bog, marshy ground
Tamil derivates :catuval swampy ground; cetukku mud, mire; cetumpu (cetumpi-) to become damp and moist, be soaked; n. mud, mire, thin current of water as of rivers in summer
Malayalam :catuppu
Malayalam meaning :(Tiyya) marsh
Number in DED :2326
Proto-South Dravidian :*Sadir-
Meaning :cheap
Tamil :catir
Tamil meaning :cheapness, low price, frugality
Tamil derivates :catur cheapness
Malayalam :catir
Malayalam meaning :cheap
Number in DED :2324
Proto-South Dravidian :*Sagad-i
Meaning :mud, mire
Tamil :cakati
Tamil meaning :mud, mire, bog, puddle
Tamil derivates :(RS, p. 144, item 219, recorded from an early dictionary) cavati, (Tinn.) cavaδi mud
Kannada derivates :saytu cessation, ceasing from action, rest, ease, quiet, stillness, silence; saypu cessation, quiet, stillness; saddu (sg.), saddi (pl.) cease! stop! (verb used in the imperative only); sasane, sasine still, uttering no sound, motionless; sāvagisu to cease, become quiet, still
Tulu :sairụ, hairụ, tairụ, airụ
Tulu meaning :(B-K) to wait, stop, be patient
Notes :It is unclear what causes such a huge number of reflexes in Tulu.
Number in DED :2351
Proto-South Dravidian :*Sak-ai
Meaning :skin of used fruit
Tamil :cakkai
Tamil meaning :refuse as of sugar-cane after pressing, rind of fibrous parts of fruits, anything wanting in solidity or strength, anything useless, bark
Tamil derivates :cakkal rotten straw, muck, that which is withered, shrivelled, chaffy
Malayalam :cakka
Malayalam meaning :skin or rind of a fruit thrown away after pressing it out
Malayalam derivates :ikkiḷi, kikkiḷi tickling; kikkiḷikka to tickle
Kannada :akaḷa
Kannada meaning :a term used in tickling
Kannada derivates :akaḷa-cakaḷa, akaḷa-sakaḷa excessive tickling; akkaḷike tickling; cakkalaguḷi, cakaḷaguḷi, cakkaḷaguḷi tickling another; jakkulisu to tickle, touch; ? jaŋguḍi the region of the arm
Kodagu :kakkuḷi
Kodagu meaning :tickling
Notes :Tamil caŋkam seems to be borrowed from Telugu. Kannada jakkulisu is contaminated with jakkulisu 'to amuse, etc.' The forms with initial k- are due to contamination with SDR roots like *kic-, *kid- 'to tickle'.
Number in DED :2274
Proto-South Dravidian :*Saḷ-
Meaning :to slacken
Tamil :caḷḷu (caḷḷi-)
Tamil meaning :to slacken, abate
Malayalam :caḷḷuka
Malayalam meaning :to slacken
Number in DED :2413
Proto-South Dravidian :*saḷ-
Meaning :trouble; bad
Tamil :caḷḷu, caḷḷai
Tamil meaning :trouble, annoyance
Tamil derivates :caḷḷu-ppuḷḷu quarrel, trouble, worry
Malayalam :caḷḷu
Malayalam meaning :bad, rude
Malayalam derivates :caḷḷakkan a very passionate man; caḷḷattam meanness
Tamil meaning :to go, flow, pass, occur, pass (as coin), be suitable, acceptable, pass away as time, disappear as anger, perish, die; n. career, course, payment of debt, period that has elapsed
Tamil derivates :celavu going, passing, running, flowing, manner or mode of walk, pace (of horse), journey, expedition, way, passage, route, street, conduct, behaviour, expense, charges, provisions needed for consumption, separation, departure, death, permission, leave; celuttu (celutti-) to cause to go or proceed, dispatch, circulate, deliver, discharge (as a missile), drive, impel, push forward, execute (as orders), administer (as justice), perform, observe, pay as tribute or debt; calikai excessive familiarity, intimacy, indulgent treatment
Malayalam :celka
Malayalam meaning :to pass through, enter upon, pass on, pass, be current, valid, cost, be required
Malayalam derivates :celavu income, expense; celavan spendthrift, expensive person; fem. celavi; celuttuka to put in, drive in, make to pass on, pay, perform (as promise); cellikka to make to pass in or on
Kannada :sal (sand-)
Kannada meaning :to enter, engage in, associate oneself to, agree to, accrue, arise, enter upon a course, pass, be current, be in use, pass by general consent, be valid, proper or fit, pass from one person to another, be given, be paid, become agreeable, become well known or famous
Kannada derivates :sala entering, a coming to pass, a time; salapu, salavu, salahu to forward, foster, tend, preserve, bring up; salavu entrance, validity, force, valid reason; salahuvike fostering; salike delivering over, paying, payment; salige, saluge familiar intercourse, familiarity, excessive familiarity, indulgence, improper familiarity, freedom; salisu to cause to enter, execute, perform, use, employ, fulfil, give, bestow, show, spend; saluha entering, current, onward motion; sale currently, perpetually, constantly; payment, the sum paid; sallisu to serve up food; selavu leave, permission, order
Tulu :salluni
Tulu meaning :to be valid, fit, proper
Tulu derivates :sanduni to pass as time, pass from this world, die, be due, indebted, be paid, liquidated, come to pass, be accomplished; sandāvuni to pay, liquidate, perform, accomplish, retort; sandāya delivering over, making payment; salaguni to nourish, shelter, succour, take care of; salāyisuni to clear, liquidate as a debt; saligè friendship, amity, familiarity, indulgence, freedom, liberty
