Tamil meaning :to become loose (as rings), grow slack (as a grip), slip off or down (as clothes); languish, droop, be prostrate or relaxed (as the limbs in sleep), be weary, exhausted, faint, swoon, totter, be emaciated, wither
Tamil derivates :cōrvu languishing, drooping, weakness, carelessness
Malayalam :cōruka
Malayalam meaning :to slip through or down
Kannada :sōr
Kannada meaning :to be or become loose or slack; n. state of being loose, dangling
Kannada derivates :jōl to be or become loose or slack; make loose; n. slackness, looseness; sōlu to fall off in respect to vigour
Notes :The forms with inlaut -l- certainly go back to a different root, but both forms have been so seriously contaminated that it's impossible to distinguish between them. Kannada jōl- through contamination with jōl- 'to hang, dangle'.
Number in DED :2884
Proto-South Dravidian :
Tamil :takkai
Tamil meaning :roll of palm leaves or plug put into a perforation of the ear to enlarge it, cork, roll of cloth or paper used as a cork, plug to stop up a crack, etc., sola pith, piece of pith attached to a fishing rod, clot, congealed mass, float, raft
Tamil derivates :takkal plug
Malayalam :takka
Malayalam meaning :what is placed in the ear instead of an ornament, ivory, wood, etc.
Tamil derivates :tar_uvāy occasion, particular juncture, crisis, rare opportunity, stage (as in life); tar_ai (-v-, -nt-) to rivet, drive in (nails); tār_u putting on a cloth in the fashion of a divided skirt; taram opportune moment, time, turn; taruṇam right time, proper season
Malayalam :tar_a
Malayalam meaning :foundation, nailing, riveting
Malayalam derivates :tar_uka to be tucked in before and behind; tar_ayuka to be fixed; tar_ekka to drive in, hammer, fasten; enter, be fixed; tār_u wearing clothes tucked in; taram time, opportunity
Kannada :tar_i
Kannada meaning :state of being joined, of being put in or down, fixed or settled
Kannada derivates :tar_u (tatt-) to join, approach, engage in; n. state of being joined or connected, of being fit, of being settled; tar_u-vāy order, succession; tar_uṇa fit or proper time
Tulu :tarapuni, tarpuni
Tulu meaning :to rivet, fasten firmly; be riveted, fixed
Tamil meaning :piece, fragment, bit, slice, small piece of cloth, section, division, compartment, small plot of field, piece of fish-meat
Tamil derivates :tuṇṭi (-pp-, -tt-) to cut, sever, tear up, divide, separate, cut short one's words, speak in few words, dispute, disprove, rebuke; be cut off, detached, broken; n. detached piece of high land left waste; tuṇṭu piece, bit, fragment, slice, section, division, strip, chit, ticket, small piece of cloth, towel
Malayalam :tuṇṭam
Malayalam meaning :piece, bit, slice
Malayalam derivates :tuṇṭikka to cut to pieces, cut off as the throat
Kannada :tuṇḍisu
Kannada meaning :to cut or break into pieces, make piecemeal
Kannada derivates :tuṇḍu fragment, piece, bit, a little
Kodagu :tuṇḍ- (tuṇḍi-)
Kodagu meaning :to break (intr.; thread, rope, flower-stem, tip)
Tamil meaning :place, location, situation, way, path (as of justice), branch, section, category, method, means, seaport, harbour, roadstead, sea, river, place where washermen wash clothes, bathing ghat, frequented place, place of meeting, branch of knowledge, subject or theme, proper arrangement, codification
Malayalam :tur_a
Malayalam meaning :frequented place, rendezvous, harbour, place for washing clothes, natural pond or cavern
Tamil meaning :to put on (as a ring, clothes), wear (as shoes)
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to wear (as clothes); toṭṭatu shoes; toṭakku (toṭakki-) to wear, put on; toṭuppu sandals; toṭi bracelet; (PR) toṭalai leaf-garment; jewelled girdle
Kannada :tuḍu/toḍu (toṭṭ-)
Kannada meaning :to put on (as ornaments or clothes adapted to the body)
Kannada derivates :tuḍisu, tuḍiyisu, toḍasu, toḍisu to put on another; tuḍige, tuḍage, tuḍuge, toḍage, toḍige, toḍuge, toḍa, toḍavu, tōḍa certain clothing or dress, an ornament
Tulu :toḍigè
Tulu meaning :clothes, dress, ornaments
Number in DED :3482
Proto-South Dravidian :*doḷ-
Meaning :loose; to tie loosely
Tamil :toḷukku (toḷukki-)
Tamil meaning :to tie loosely, wear or attach loosely (as clothes)
Tamil derivates :toḷukku-kkoṇṭai loosened coil of a woman's hair
Tulu :dolaŋkuni
Tulu meaning :to relax, loosen
Tulu derivates :doḷuŋkuni to be loose, lax; doḷaŋkụ, doḷuŋku loose, lax; looseness
Tamil meaning :tail, tail of peacock, front end of cloth, plaited folds of a woman's cloth, sheath of a sugar-cane, plantain stem, anything hanging down as a flag, streamer
Malayalam :tōka
Malayalam meaning :anything that hangs down, tail, as of a peacock
Tamil meaning :to be worn, frayed (as cloth), be reduced in circumstances
Tamil derivates :nai (-v-, -nt-) to waste away, be frayed (as cloth); (Koll.) nacey disease
Malayalam :naital
Malayalam meaning :decay
Kannada :nasi, nasiku
Kannada meaning :to wear out, wear away, waste away, wither, wane, decay, spoil, be faint, become poor or poorly; n. wasting, waning, faint twilight (of the morning)
Kannada derivates :nasu minuteness, smallness, fineness, a little, a trifle
Tulu :naskụ
Tulu meaning :twilight, dawn, early morning
Tulu derivates :neyiluni to fade, as a bunch of coconuts
