South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *irant-/*ilant-

Meaning : plum, fig

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : iratti, irati, irantai, ilantai, ilatai

Tamil meaning : Zizyphus jujuba

Malayalam : ilanta, lanta

Malayalam meaning : Zizyphus jujuba

Kannada : era, elaci, elci, eḷaci, ilici, egaci, rēgu (< Te.)

Kannada meaning : Zizyphus jujuba

Number in DED : 0475

Proto-South Dravidian : *Ir-aŋk-

Meaning : pity, kindness, condescension

Tamil : iraŋku (iraŋki-)

Tamil meaning : to feel pity, condescend, show grace; be aggrieved, distressed in mind; repent

Tamil derivates : irakkam mercy, grace, pity, compassion, regret, sorrow

Malayalam : erakkam

Malayalam meaning : kindness, pity, compassion; wretchedness, affliction, miserable state

Number in DED : 0473

Proto-South Dravidian : *Irāg-i

Meaning : Eleusine coracana

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : irāki

Tamil meaning : Eleusine coracana

Malayalam : rāgi, r_āyi

Malayalam meaning : Eleusine coracana

Kannada : rāgi

Kannada meaning : Eleusine coracana

Kodagu : eri

Kodagu meaning : Eleusine coracana

Tulu : rāgi

Tulu meaning : Eleusine coracana

Proto-Nilgiri : *erg-

Miscellaneous : IRU rāyi Eleusine coracana

Number in DED : 0812

Proto-South Dravidian : *ir-i-

Meaning : to be destroyed

Tamil : iri (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to be destroyed, retreat, flee away

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to defeat, destroy, drive away; iriñan_ foe; iriyal running, speeding

Proto-Nilgiri : *ir-ĭ-

Number in DED : 0478

Proto-South Dravidian : *ir-i-

Meaning : to break, wrench, twist

Tamil : irical

Tamil meaning : break, crack

Malayalam : iriyuka

Malayalam meaning : to wrench off, twist off, pluck (as fruits, branches)

Malayalam derivates : iriccal plucking

Number in DED : 0479

Proto-South Dravidian : *ir-k-

Meaning : to lay, put down

Kannada : irku, ikku

Kannada meaning : to lay or put down, put, place, beat, serve up (as food); be put; n. act of putting, etc.

Kannada derivates : ikkuva, ikkuha laying, putting, etc.; irkisu, ikkisu to cause to put

Tulu : ikkuni

Tulu meaning : to put, serve up (as food)

Number in DED : 0492

Proto-South Dravidian : *irp-ai

Meaning : mahua

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : iruppai, irumpai, ippai, iluppai

Tamil meaning : mahua tree, Bassia longifolia

Malayalam : irippa, iruppa, ilippa, iluppa

Malayalam meaning : Bassia latifolia

Kannada : ippe, hippe

Kannada meaning : Bassia latifolia Roxb.

Tulu : ippe, (B-K.) irippe

Tulu meaning : the olive tree

Number in DED : 0485

Proto-South Dravidian : *iruḷ-

Meaning : ironwood

Tamil : iruḷ

Tamil meaning : ironwood of Ceylon, Mesua ferrea

Tamil derivates : (DCV) irumpukam ironwood

Malayalam : irimpakam, (DCV) iruḷ

Malayalam meaning : ironwood

Kannada : iruḷ

Kannada meaning : (DCV) ironwood

Tulu : ayirōḷ

Tulu meaning : (DCV) ironwood

Number in DED : 0482

Proto-South Dravidian : *irumb-

Meaning : iron

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : irumpu

Tamil meaning : iron, instrument, weapon

Malayalam : irumpu, irimpu

Malayalam meaning : iron

Kodagu : irɨmbɨ

Kodagu meaning : iron

Proto-Nilgiri : *ib

Number in DED : 0486

Proto-South Dravidian : *ir[u]vēl-i

Meaning : cuscuss grass

Tamil : iruvēri, iruvēli

Tamil meaning : cuscuss grass

Malayalam : iruvēri, iruvēli

Malayalam meaning : Andropogon muricatus

Tulu : irvēri

Tulu meaning : Andropogon muricatus

Irula : (?) irumuḷi

Irula meaning : a plant

Notes : Ir. 114. The Irula word can belong to several etymologies.

Number in DED : 0488

Proto-South Dravidian : *iruv-i

Meaning : Nepal aconite

Tamil : iruvi

Tamil meaning : Nepal aconite

Malayalam : iruvi

Malayalam meaning : a drug, (ML) Nepal aconite

Number in DED : 0487

Proto-South Dravidian : *irVs-

Meaning : axle-tree

Tamil : irucu

Tamil meaning : axle-tree

Kannada : irasu, iracu, iricu, irucu, irci, ircu, era-kōlu

Kannada meaning : an iron axle-tree

Number in DED : 0484

Proto-South Dravidian : *ir_-

Meaning : to die; to extinguish

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ir_a (-pp-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to die, become obsolete, depart

Tamil derivates : ir_akku (ir_akki-) to kill; ir_appu, ir_avi, ir_avu death; ir_u (ir_uv-, ir_r_-) to die, end in; (-pp-, -tt-) to destroy, bring to an end; ir_uti, īr_u termination, end, death, limit; īr_r_-ayal penultimate

Malayalam : ir_akkuka

Malayalam meaning : to die

Malayalam derivates : ir_appu, ir_uti end; īr_u ruin

Kannada : irku, ikku

Kannada meaning : to kill, destroy; n. killing, destroying

Kannada derivates : irkisu to cause to kill

Tulu : irkāvuni, ikkāvuni

Tulu meaning : to extinguish

Tulu derivates : irkuni to be quenched

Number in DED : 0514

Proto-South Dravidian : *ir_-

Meaning : to break, snap

Tamil : ir_u (ir_uv-, ir_r_-)

Tamil meaning : to break, snap (as a stick), become severed (as a limb)

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to break off (as a branch), snap asunder, smash, break in pieces

Malayalam : ir_uka

Malayalam meaning : to break, snap

Number in DED : 0520

Proto-South Dravidian : *ir_-

Meaning : to pay as tax

Tamil : ir_u (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to pay (as a tax, a debt)

Tamil derivates : ir_uppu payment of debt, tax; ir_ai tax on land, duty

Malayalam : ir_a

Malayalam meaning : taxes, tribute, a certain fee for land-tenure

Malayalam derivates : ir_ukkuka to pay as tax; ir_uppu paying a tax or repaying a debt

Number in DED : 0521

Proto-South Dravidian : *ir_-

Meaning : to strain, drip, percolate

Tamil : ir_u (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to strain, percolate (as a liquid)

Tamil derivates : ir_r_u-ccoṭṭu to exude and drop at intervals

Malayalam : ir_uka (ir_r_-)

Malayalam meaning : to drip, drop

Malayalam derivates : ir_r_ikka to dribble; (Tiyya) ir_r_u a drop; ir_r_uva to trickle

Kannada : ibbani

Kannada meaning : fog, mist, dew

Kannada derivates : (Tipt., LSB) ircilu fine drops of rain

Number in DED : 0522

Proto-South Dravidian : *ir_-

Meaning : to tarry, stay

Tamil : ir_u (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to tarry, stay

Tamil derivates : ir_uppu, ir_ai abiding, tarrying

Kannada : ir_u

Kannada meaning : to stay, hesitate

Kannada derivates : ir_isu to cause to stay, put

Number in DED : 0523

Proto-South Dravidian : *ir_-

Meaning : tight

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ir_uku (ir_uki-)

Tamil meaning : to become tight (as a knot), harden (as land dried by the sun, molten, metals when they are cooled), become dry (as mortar or clay), thicken (as phlegm), congeal, coagulate, solidify, become firm, be fixed or rooted in

Tamil derivates : ir_ukku (ir_ukki-) to tighten, tie close or hard, make compact, repress, restrain, drive in (as a nail); n. pressure, coercion, reproof, hard knot; ir_ukkam tightness, compactness, rigidness, niggardliness; ir_ukkan_ miser; ir_ukal contraction; ir_umpu thicket, shrub, bush; ikku danger, trouble; ikkaṭṭu trouble, difficulty, straitened circumstances

Malayalam : ir_ukuka

Malayalam meaning : to become tight, close

Malayalam derivates : ir_ukkuka to tie tight, catch as a crab, (river) to have a narrow bed; ir_ukkam, ir_ukku tightness, covetousness; ikku trouble; ikkaṭṭu straits, difficulty; īr_r_a stinginess, a miser; īr_r_an miser; īr_r_ikka to keep tenaciously, lay up

Kannada : ir_aku, ir_iku, ir_uku, irku, ir_aŋku, ir_iŋku, ir_uŋku, ir_i

Kannada meaning : to be closely confined, be compressed or squeezed; confine, compress, squeeze, press, pinch

Kannada derivates : ir_aku, ir_iku, irku, ikku state of being close, confined, squeezed, or straitened; irkaṭṭu, ikkaṭṭu state of having little room from side to side, narrowness as that of a door, state of being strait or difficult to pass; ir_uku state of being close, etc., a narrow place, a thicket; ir_a, ir_i, ir_u state of being confined, tight, or close; ir_akisu, ir_ikisu, ir_ukisu, ir_uŋkisu, irkisu to press, squeeze; ir_ube, ir_uvu, ir_uve a throng, crowd, large number; ir_umbu a narrow place; hardness, harshness

Tulu : iriyuni

Tulu meaning : to rub or squeeze between the hands, knead

Tulu derivates : ikkaṭṭụ narrowness, difficulty, straitness, poverty; irbuliyuni to curdle as milk

Proto-Nilgiri : *ir- (*-r_-)

Irula : irugu

Irula meaning : become tight

Notes : Ir. 114.

Number in DED : 0524

Proto-South Dravidian : *Ir_-

Meaning : lord, king, ruler

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ir_ai

Tamil meaning : anyone who is great (as one's father or guru or any renowned and illustrious person), master, chief, elder brother, husband, king, supreme god, height, head, eminence

Tamil derivates : ir_aimai kingly superiority, celebrity, government, divinity; ir_aiyavan_ chief, god; ir_aiyān_ Śiva; ir_aivan_ god, chief, master, husband, venerable person; ir_aivi mistress, queen, Pārvatī

Malayalam : ir_ān, rān

Malayalam meaning : sire, used in addressing princes

Kannada : er_e

Kannada meaning : state of being a master or husband; a master

Kannada derivates : er_eya master, king, husband; er_ati a mistress

Number in DED : 0527

Proto-South Dravidian : *ir_-

Meaning : to throw, fling, beat

Tamil : ir_u (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to throw as a spear, fling

Kannada : ir_i (ir_id-)

Kannada meaning : to throw, beat, strike, pierce, kill, butt; throb (as a sore)

Kannada derivates : ir_a, ir_i, ir_u tossing, butting; ir_aku, ir_ike, ir_ata, ir_ita, ir_ipu striking, piercing, goring, etc.

Proto-Nilgiri : *ir_-

Number in DED : 0859