South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *čaṭ-

Meaning : frame

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : caṭṭam

Tamil meaning : wooden frame, socket, plan, model, rule, order, regulation, exactness, precision

Tamil derivates : caṭṭa properly, rightly; caṭṭakam frame, framework; bed, couch; shape, figure, image, body

Malayalam : caṭṭam

Malayalam meaning : frame as of a door, window, cot; enclosure, mould, plan, order, proportion, nature, disposition, regulation, rule, law

Kannada : caṭṭa

Kannada meaning : frame of a cart, bedstead, chair, or picture, bottom or platform of a cart, bier; plan, order, regulation, neatness, fineness

Kannada derivates : caṭṭu the bottom or platform of a cart

Tulu : caṭṭa

Tulu meaning : a litter, sort of palanquin, bier, window frame

Proto-Nilgiri : *Saṭ

Number in DED : 2304

Proto-South Dravidian : *čaṭ-

Meaning : destruction

Tamil : caṭṭu

Tamil meaning : destruction, injury, waste

Tamil derivates : caṭṭi (-pp-, -tt-) to destroy, ruin, kill

Kannada : caṭṭu

Kannada meaning : destruction

Tulu : caṭṭu

Tulu meaning : end, dissolution, death, ruin, extinction

Number in DED : 2307

Proto-South Dravidian : *čaṭ-

Meaning : flat, level

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : caṭṭu, caṭṭa, caṭṭe

Kannada meaning : flatness, levelness

Tulu : caṭṭè

Tulu meaning : flat, level

Tulu derivates : caṭṭè-kallụ a flat stone

Number in DED : 2308

Proto-South Dravidian : *čaṭ-ai

Meaning : jacket

Tamil : caṭṭai

Tamil meaning : jacket, coat, gown, cloak, slough of a snake

Malayalam : caṭṭa

Malayalam meaning : jacket, bodice, mailcoat, armour

Kannada : caṭṭe

Kannada meaning : a garment adapted to the body after the European fashion

Tulu : caṭṭegāre

Tulu meaning : a native who assumes European dress

Number in DED : 2310

Proto-South Dravidian : *čaṭ-i

Meaning : earthen pot

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : caṭṭi

Tamil meaning : earthen vessel, pan

Malayalam : caṭṭi

Malayalam meaning : pot, pan

Kannada : caṭṭi, ceṭṭi

Kannada meaning : earthen pot or pan

Kannada derivates : caṭige, caṭṭige small earthen pot with a broad mouth

Tulu : caṭṭi

Tulu meaning : broad-mouthed spittoon, chamber pot

Number in DED : 2306

Proto-South Dravidian : *čav-

Meaning : brackish, astringent

Tamil : cavaṭu

Tamil meaning : fuller's earth, earth impregnated with soda, alkaline soil, sediment

Tamil derivates : cavar brackishness

Malayalam : cavar

Malayalam meaning : astringent

Malayalam derivates : cavarkka to have an astringent or unripe taste

Kannada : cavuḷu, savuḷu, savaḷu

Kannada meaning : brackishness

Tulu : cavuḷụ, cavuḷu

Tulu meaning : brackish, saline

Tulu derivates : tabaṭụ unsavoriness, acerbity; tabaṭuni to be unpalatable to the taste

Number in DED : 2386

Proto-South Dravidian : *čaval-

Meaning : lean, withered, old

Tamil : cavalai

Tamil meaning : leanness of an infant not fed on mother's milk, tenderness, immaturity

Tamil derivates : cavaŋku (cavaŋki-) to become lean, emaciated, shrink, subside, faint, languish; cavu (-pp-, -tt-) to become weak, be emaciated; cāvi withered crop, blighted or empty grain; cāvaṭṭai withered grain, chaff, emaciated person, dried betel leaves

Malayalam : cavala

Malayalam meaning : empty corn, hollowness, leanness

Malayalam derivates : cāvi, cāẓi empty grain, blighted corn; cankerworm, palmer-worm; cāṭa seedless, empty as husk

Tulu : cavuḷi

Tulu meaning : (B-K) old

Proto-Nilgiri : *ǯal-

Notes : Irregular voicening in Kota. Reasons unclear.

Number in DED : 2392

Proto-South Dravidian : *čavar- (*s-)

Meaning : rubbish; afterbirth

Tamil : cavar_u

Tamil meaning : rubbish, sweepings

Malayalam : cavar_u, cavar

Malayalam meaning : green leaves and rubbish used as manure, sweepings

Malayalam derivates : cavar_r_-ila dried leaves

Proto-Nilgiri : *cav-

Notes : Or PN with DEDR 2400.

Number in DED : 2395

Proto-South Dravidian : *čā-

Meaning : a k. of grass

Tamil : cāy

Tamil meaning : sedge

Tulu : cā

Tulu meaning : (?) Andropogon schoenanthus

Number in DED : 2455

Proto-South Dravidian : *čāc-

Meaning : breast, breast milk

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cāci

Tamil meaning : mother's milk (nursery)

Kannada : cāci, tāci

Kannada meaning : a childish word for the female breast

Number in DED : 2436

Proto-South Dravidian : *čāj-

Meaning : to incline

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cāy (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to incline, hang down, decline as a heavenly body, bend, turn down as the ear, recline, lie down, give way, break, flee, be partial, biased, deviate, lean

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to cause to incline, bend or stoop, turn in a new direction, drive, steer, prejudice, spoil, defeat; cāyvu slope, declivity, etc.; cāyppu slope, slant, side or declivity of a mountain, sloping roof, etc.; cāyal inclining, etc.

Malayalam : cāyka

Malayalam meaning : to incline, lean to one side, rest or lie on, settle down, disappear

Malayalam derivates : cāyal, cāccal bending sideways as a falling tree, side, inclination; cāykka to lean against, bend, put one on the other, lower, level the ground by beating, lie down to sleep; cāyvu, cāyippu inclination; āyka to bend as for an exertion; āñcuka to bend forward, incline, bow

Kodagu : taye- (-p-, -t-)

Kodagu meaning : to level field and break up clods with a plank drawn by bullocks; n. plank thus used

Tulu : cācuni

Tulu meaning : to bow

Number in DED : 2456

Proto-South Dravidian : *čāmb-

Meaning : to wither; ashes

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cāmpu (cāmpi-)

Tamil meaning : to wither, droop, perish, pine away, close up as flowers, decline, shrink, lose consciousness, grow dim as the eyes

Tamil derivates : cāmpal, cāmpar ashes, withered flower, old age; cāy (-v-, -nt-) to grow thin; cāyvu deficiency

Malayalam : cāmpuka

Malayalam meaning : to contract itself, shut, blink as eyes

Malayalam derivates : cāmpal contracting, closing; ashes

Tulu : cāmbuni

Tulu meaning : to close, shut, shrivel as a flower

Number in DED : 2453

Proto-South Dravidian : *čāmb-

Meaning : to pull up, lift

Tamil : cāmpu (cāmpi-)

Tamil meaning : to pull in by jerks, haul, draw in, pump

Tulu : cāmbuni

Tulu meaning : to lift with a lever

Tulu derivates : cāpaṇè a lever

Number in DED : 2454

Proto-South Dravidian : *čāṇ-

Meaning : chisel

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : cāṇa, cāna, cēṇa

Kannada meaning : a small chisel

Tulu : cēṇụ, cēnụ

Tulu meaning : awl, chisel

Number in DED : 2445

Proto-South Dravidian : *čāp-ai

Meaning : mat

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cāppai

Tamil meaning : mat made of grass or rushes

Malayalam : cāppa

Malayalam meaning : hut, shed of leaves

Kannada : cāpa, cāpe, sāpe

Kannada meaning : mat

Proto-Nilgiri : *sāp- (?)

Notes : Kannada sāpe either dialectal or borrowed from Telugu.

Number in DED : 2452

Proto-South Dravidian : *čār_-ai

Meaning : line, stripe

Tamil : cārai

Tamil meaning : stripe

Kannada : cār_a

Kannada meaning : line, streak

Number in DED : 2481

Proto-South Dravidian : *čāṭ-

Meaning : refuge, shelter

Kannada : cāṭu

Kannada meaning : a refuge, shelter, anything that screens from rain, wind or heat of the sun

Number in DED : 2441

Proto-South Dravidian : *čeḍ-i-

Meaning : to be angry

Malayalam : seṭikka

Malayalam meaning : to be angry, frown, disrelish, be tired

Malayalam derivates : ceṭippu loathing

Kodagu : ceḍi, (Mercara dialect) coḍi

Kodagu meaning : anger

Notes : Strange s- in Malayalam.

Number in DED : 2757

Proto-South Dravidian : *ček-

Meaning : chip, splinter

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cakkai

Tamil meaning : chips, small wooden peg

Tamil derivates : (Tinn.) cake rind of fruits

Kannada : cakke, cekke, sakke, sekke

Kannada meaning : chip

Tulu : cakke, cekkè, cekki

Tulu meaning : chip, split, splinter

Tulu derivates : ? ceppè splinter, chip, slice, paring

Proto-Nilgiri : *cek- (*s-)

Notes : Some forms with -a- may be due to Skt. śakala- 'piece'.

Number in DED : 2748

Proto-South Dravidian : *čel-

Meaning : wealth

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : celvam, celvu

Tamil meaning : wealth, prosperity, beauty, enjoyment, pleasure, happiness

Tamil derivates : celvan_ wealthy man, lord; celvi wealthy woman, lady of rank, Lakṣmī; celvikkai luxury, affluence; cellam opulence, prosperity, private treasury (as of a king); cellan_ wealthy person

Malayalam : cellam

Malayalam meaning : wealth

Kannada : calu, caluve, caluvu, calva, calvu, caluvike, calvike, celuva, celuvu, celva, celvu, celuvike, celvike

Kannada meaning : beauty, handsomeness, elegance, grace, propriety, niceness

Kannada derivates : caluvatana beauty, charming, coquettish behaviour; calumi, caluvi, caluvati, caluve, calvi, celvi, celve handsome woman

Tulu : celuvikè

Tulu meaning : beauty, comeliness

Tulu derivates : celuve handsome man

Number in DED : 2786