South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *kul-uŋ-

Meaning : to shake

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kuluŋku (kuluŋki-)

Tamil meaning : to be shaken, agitated, tremble, shudder, quake with fear

Tamil derivates : kulukku (kulukki-) to shake up and down (tr.), agitate, shake together in a mass, mix by shaking together; walk with affected gestures, put on airs; n. shake, jolt, affected gestures, foppish airs; kulukki gay, dressy, mincing woman; kulai (-v-, -nt-) to tremble, shudder, shake, be deranged, upset, thrown into confusion, be dishevelled, become loose, be destroyed, lose one's heart, become softened; (-pp-, -tt-) to shake, agitate, disturb, disorganize, scatter, untie, loosen, destroy; kulai-kulai- to tremble, be agitated greatly; kulaiccal destruction, ruin; kulaippan_, kulaippu shivering fits

Malayalam : kuluŋŋuka

Malayalam meaning : to shake, quake, be agitated

Malayalam derivates : kulukkuka to shake, agitate; kulukkam a shock; kulukku a shaking; kulayuka to jolt, shake, be agitated (as a branch under a monkey); kulavu hesitation; kulekka to shake (tr.)

Kannada : kuluku, kulaku, kuliku

Kannada meaning : to shake (tr., as a bottle, as the body in dramatic action or in putting on foppish airs, as the voice in singing)

Kannada derivates : kuluku, kulku, kukku shaking, a shake, jolting, trotting; kulukugāti a woman of affected gestures, lewd woman; kulikisu, kulakisu, kulukisu to cause to shake by another, shake, agitate; (Hav.) kurksu to shake

Kodagu : kulɨŋg- (kulɨŋgi-)

Kodagu meaning : to shake (intr.)

Kodagu derivates : kulɨk- (kulɨki-) to shake (tr.)

Tulu : kurkuni

Tulu meaning : to shake (intr., as a tree)

Tulu derivates : kurkāvuni to shake (tr.), agitate

Proto-Nilgiri : *kul-ǝg-

Number in DED : 1806

Proto-South Dravidian : *kum-

Meaning : to pound

Tamil : kummu (kummi-)

Tamil meaning : to pound in a mortar gently, knead, (also kumukku [kumukki-]) to beat with fists, pommel, wash cloth by wetting and gently pressing it with hands

Tamil derivates : kumi (-pp-, -tt-) to overpound (as rice); kumai (-pp-, -tt-) to beat or pound in a mortar; n. blow, stroke

Malayalam : kummu

Malayalam meaning : to beat in a mortar or gently

Malayalam derivates : kuma bruising, beating; kumekka to beat, bruise

Kannada : kummu

Kannada meaning : to beat with a pestle, pound; n. pounding, a beat with a pestle

Kannada derivates : kummasu, kummisu to cause to pound; gummu to cuff, box, strike

Kodagu : kumm- (kummi-)

Kodagu meaning : to churn

Tulu : kūmpuni

Tulu meaning : to peck, strike with the beak

Tulu derivates : gummuni to blow, cuff; gumuṭu fighting, cuffing; gumusu a stroke, cuff, box; gumusuni to box, strike; (B-K) kumpu to pierce

Proto-Nilgiri : *kum-

Miscellaneous : KOR (O) kumpu to box

Number in DED : 1850

Proto-South Dravidian : *kumar-

Meaning : ground cleared for cultivation

Tamil : kumari

Tamil meaning : cultivation in hills

Kannada : kumari, (PBh.) kummari

Kannada meaning : a piece of ground in a jungle, on which the trees are cut down and burned, whereafter it is cultivated for one or two years only

Kannada derivates : kummēri (Hav.) forest cultivation

Tulu : kumē̆rụ

Tulu meaning : a waste land cleared for cultivation

Number in DED : 1740

Proto-South Dravidian : *Kum(b)-

Meaning : mud, stench

Tamil : kumpi

Tamil meaning : mud, mire, or slough emitting stinking smell

Tulu : gumma

Tulu meaning : stench, stinking

Proto-Nilgiri : *Kub

Number in DED : 1748

Proto-South Dravidian : *kumb-

Meaning : to bend, bow, join hands

Tamil : kump-iṭu (iṭuv-, iṭṭ-)

Tamil meaning : to join hands in worship, make obeisance with the hands joined and raised, beg, entreat; n. worship

Malayalam : kump-iṭuka, kumm-iṭuka

Malayalam meaning : to bow down, prostrate oneself, worship

Kannada : kumbu

Kannada meaning : bending, bowing down, obeisance

Kannada derivates : kumbiḍu to bow down, do obeisance

Proto-Nilgiri : *kub-iḍ-

Number in DED : 1750

Proto-South Dravidian : *kumb-/*kUm-

Meaning : hot, charred; smell of ashes

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kumpu (kumpi-)

Tamil meaning : to become charred (as food when boiled with insufficient water)

Tamil derivates : kumpal smell of charred rice; kumpi hot ashes; kumur_u (kumur_i-) to burst with distress; kumai (-v-, -nt-) to be hot, sultry

Malayalam : kumpi, kumpiri

Malayalam meaning : mirage

Malayalam derivates : kumpal inward heat; kummu expr. descriptive of heat; kummal sultriness, mustiness; kumur_uka, kumir_uka to be hot, close; kumur_al oppressive heat; ? kukkuka to be hot; ? kuppu heat

Kannada : kome

Kannada meaning : to begin to burn, as fire or anger

Tulu : kumbi

Tulu meaning : mirage

Tulu derivates : gumulu fire burning in embers; gumuluni to be hot, feel hot as in a fit of fever

Number in DED : 1752

Proto-South Dravidian : *kumiẓ

Meaning : teak tree

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kumiẓ

Tamil meaning : coomb teak, small cashmere tree

Tamil derivates : kūmpal coomb teak, Gmelina arborea

Malayalam : kumiẓ, kumpiḷ

Malayalam meaning : Gmelina asiatica

Kannada : kumuḷe, kumbuḍi, kūḷe

Kannada meaning : (Lush.) Gmelina arborea

Kodagu : kummi, kumbɨḷi

Kodagu meaning : Gmelina arborea

Number in DED : 1742

Proto-South Dravidian : *kuń-

Meaning : small, young

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kuñci

Tamil meaning : anything small; young bird, chicken

Tamil derivates : kuñcu young of birds and various animals

Malayalam : kuññu, kuñci

Malayalam meaning : young, small, infant

Malayalam derivates : kuññan boy; also endearingly of girls; kuññi = kuññu, kuññan; girl

Kannada : kunni

Kannada meaning : young of an animal, esp. a young dog

Kannada derivates : gunna smallness; (Hav.) kuññi a young one

Kodagu : kuññi

Kodagu meaning : child

Kodagu derivates : māŋuññi n. pr. bull in mythology (see DEDR 4780); (Shanmugam) kuññappë uncle, father's younger brother; kuññavvë aunt, father's younger sister

Tulu : kundu

Tulu meaning : a child of Pariahs

Tulu derivates : (B-K) kuññi, kuṇṇi small

Proto-Nilgiri : *kunǯ

Number in DED : 1646

Proto-South Dravidian : *ku(n)c-

Meaning : cluster, tassel

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kuccu

Tamil meaning : cluster, tuft, tassel, weaver's long brush

Tamil derivates : koccu tassel; kuñcam bunch of flowers, tassel, cluster of grass, bushy tail of the yak, weaver's brush; kuñci tuft of hair (esp. of man), crest of peacock, tassels (as insignia of royalty), membrum virile; kuñcu membrum virile

Malayalam : kuccu, kuñcam, kuñci

Malayalam meaning : tassel, brush (esp. of toddy-drawers)

Malayalam derivates : kucci penis; koñcu mane of animals

Kannada : kuccu, koccu

Kannada meaning : bunch, bundle, cluster, tassel, brush

Kannada derivates : kuñca id., a kind of fan or chowry; goñcal cluster, bunch; goñci a mass; goñce mass, cluster; ? kuṇṇe genitals (quoted by Katre 1968.95)

Tulu : kucci, goñju

Tulu meaning : tassel

Tulu derivates : kuñca id., flybrush; kuñña genitals; goñci, goñcilụ bunch, cluster

Proto-Nilgiri : *kus-ĭ

Number in DED : 1639

Proto-South Dravidian : *kunḍ-

Meaning : buttocks

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kuṇṭi

Tamil meaning : buttocks, rump; bottom (as of a vessel), end of a fruit or nut opposite to the stalk

Malayalam : kuṇṭi

Malayalam meaning : posteriors, anus; bottom of a vessel

Kannada : kuṇḍe

Kannada meaning : buttocks, anus; bottom of a vessel

Number in DED : 1693

Proto-South Dravidian : *kund-

Meaning : pillar

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : kunda

Kannada meaning : a pillar of bricks, etc.

Tulu : kunda

Tulu meaning : pillar, post

Number in DED : 1723

Proto-South Dravidian : *kundaṇ-

Meaning : pure gold

Tamil : kuntan_am

Tamil meaning : interspace for setting gems in a jewel; fine gold (< Te.)

Kannada : kundaṇa

Kannada meaning : setting a precious stone in fine gold; fine gold

Kannada derivates : kundana fine gold

Tulu : kundaṇa

Tulu meaning : pure gold

Number in DED : 1725

Proto-South Dravidian : *kun-i-

Meaning : to dance

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

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

Tamil meaning : to dance

Tamil derivates : kun_ippu dance

Malayalam : kunikka

Malayalam meaning : to dance, jump

Kannada : kuṇi

Kannada meaning : to move in a hopping, skipping, or jumping manner, dance; n. dancing

Kannada derivates : kuṇiyuvike, kuṇiha dancing; (K2) koṇaku to jump, leap; n. a leap, jump; (Hav.) kon_i to dance; koṇippe dancing child (small girl)

Proto-Nilgiri : *koṇ-ĭ-

Miscellaneous : KOR (T) koṇi to dance

Number in DED : 1863

Proto-South Dravidian : *kun-i

Meaning : bee

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tulu : koṇi, koṇḍi

Tulu meaning : (?) a sting

Proto-Nilgiri : *kuṇ-ĭ

Miscellaneous : IRU kunni bee; PALKU kunni bee

Number in DED : 1867

Proto-South Dravidian : *kunr_-

Meaning : mountain

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kun_r_am, kun_r_u

Tamil meaning : hill, mountain

Tamil derivates : kun_r_uvar mountaineers

Malayalam : kunnam

Malayalam meaning : mountain

Malayalam derivates : kunnu hill, mountain; conical heap, hill-fort; kunnan mountaineer; kunnikka to pile up, heap up; kur_u hill

Kannada : koṇḍa

Kannada meaning : hill, mountain (< Te.)

Kodagu : kundɨ

Kodagu meaning : mountain

Proto-Nilgiri : *kud_-

Number in DED : 1864

Proto-South Dravidian : *kunr_- (?)

Meaning : crab's eye

Tamil : kun_r_i

Tamil meaning : crab's eye, Abrus precatorius

Malayalam : kunni

Malayalam meaning : crab's eye, Abrus precatorius

Kannada : kunni, kunne, guru-guñji, guru-guñje, guru-gañji

Kannada meaning : crab's eye, Abrus precatorius

Kannada derivates : nasu-gunni Carpopogon pruriens Roxb. = Mucuna pruriens DC. [a near relative of Abrus precatorius]

Tulu : gurguñji, gurgoñji

Tulu meaning : seed of Abrus precatorius

Number in DED : 1865

Proto-South Dravidian : *kunt-

Meaning : to sit, squat

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kuntu (kunti-)

Tamil meaning : to sit on the heels with legs folded upright, squat; n. sitting on the heels, squatting

Malayalam : kuttuka

Malayalam meaning : to squat, sit on one's heels

Kannada : kuntu, kūtu

Kannada meaning : having sat down

Tulu : kutoṇu

Tulu meaning : (B-K) to sit

Number in DED : 1728

Proto-South Dravidian : *kunṭ-

Meaning : lame, cripple

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malayalam : kuṇṭan

Malayalam meaning : cripple

Kannada : kuṇṭu, kūṇṭu

Kannada meaning : to limp, halt, hop; n. lameness, hopping, a hop

Kannada derivates : kuṇṭisu to cause to hop, etc.; kuṇṭa lame man; fem. kuṇṭi; kuṇṭaṇike hopping; kuṇṭitana lameness

Kodagu : kuṇṭ- (kuṇṭi-)

Kodagu meaning : to be lame, limp

Kodagu derivates : kuṇṭɨ lameness; kuṇṭë lame man; fem. kuṇṭi

Tulu : kuṇṭuni, kuṇṭāvuni, kōṇṭuni, kōṇṭāvuni

Tulu meaning : to halt, limp

Tulu derivates : kuṇṭa lame, crippled; kōṇṭaŋgelụ hobbling, lame

Proto-Nilgiri : *kunṭ-

Number in DED : 1688

Proto-South Dravidian : *kup-

Meaning : heap

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kuppam

Tamil meaning : multitude, heap

Tamil derivates : kuppal heap, as of manure, mound, multitude; kuppai heap, mound, sweepings, rubbish, excrement, dung

Malayalam : kuppa

Malayalam meaning : heap of dirt or refuse

Kannada : kuppe, guppe

Kannada meaning : heap, pile, dunghill

Kannada derivates : kuppaḷisu to heap, amass; kuppu to heap up; koppal heap

Kodagu : kuppɨ

Kodagu meaning : a dropping of dung

Tulu : kuppè, guppè, kippè, kompa, kompè

Tulu meaning : heap

Proto-Nilgiri : *kip (??)

Number in DED : 1731

Proto-South Dravidian : *kup-

Meaning : village

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kuppam

Tamil meaning : village, small village of fishermen and other low-caste people

Tamil derivates : kumpai settlement (esp. of Pañcamas)

Kannada : koppa, koppal

Kannada meaning : small village

Kannada derivates : koppaḷa n. of villages; kompe small village or hamlet; (Badaga, Hock.) kombe Kurumba village

Tulu : koppa

Tulu meaning : hut of the lowest grade of pariahs called Mārimanšerụ

Number in DED : 1732