South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *pādar-

Meaning : adultery

Kannada : pādara, hādara

Kannada meaning : adultery

Kannada derivates : pādari, hādaragitti, hādarigiti adulteress; pādariga, hādariga adulterer

Tulu : hādara

Tulu meaning : adultery

Number in DED : 4076

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāḍ-i

Meaning : grove, underwood

Kannada : hāḍi

Kannada meaning : (Bark.) a small grove

Tulu : pāḍi

Tulu meaning : an underwood, a small forest

Number in DED : 4063

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāḍ-i

Meaning : village

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pāṭi

Tamil meaning : town, city, hamlet, pastoral village

Tamil derivates : pāṭam street, street of herdsmen

Malayalam : pāṭi

Malayalam meaning : (in n. pr. of villages)

Kannada : pāḍi

Kannada meaning : settlement, hamlet, village

Kodagu : pāḍi

Kodagu meaning : hut of a Kurumba

Number in DED : 4064

Proto-South Dravidian : *pād-i

Meaning : half

Tamil : pāti

Tamil meaning : half

Malayalam : pāti

Malayalam meaning : half, a share

Proto-Nilgiri : *pād-ĭ

Number in DED : 4074

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāḍ-, *pāṭ-

Meaning : to sing; song

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pāṭu (pāṭi-)

Tamil meaning : to sing, chant, warble, hum

Tamil derivates : pāṭal versifying, song; pāṭi singer; tune; pāṭṭu singing, song, music; pā verse, stanza, poem; pāvalar poets

Malayalam : pāṭuka

Malayalam meaning : to sing

Malayalam derivates : pāṭi tune; pāṭṭu singing, song, poem

Kannada : pāḍu

Kannada meaning : to sing

Kannada derivates : pāḍu, pāṭa singing, song

Kodagu : pāḍ- (pāḍi-)

Kodagu meaning : to sing

Kodagu derivates : pāṭɨ song

Proto-Nilgiri : *pāḍ-ǝv-

Notes : Both of the variants go back to PSDR (actually, to PDR, as the opposition of 'to sing'/'song' as reflected by the opposition of voiced/voiceless consonant is present in other subgroups as well).

Number in DED : 4065

Proto-South Dravidian : *pādVr-i

Meaning : trumpet-flower

Tamil : pātiri

Tamil meaning : trumpet-flower tree, Stereospermum chelonoides, suaveolens, and xylocarpum

Malayalam : pātiri

Malayalam meaning : trumpet-flower, Bignonia suaveolens

Kannada : pādari

Kannada meaning : Stereospermum chelonoides DC

Tulu : pādari

Tulu meaning : Bignonia chelonoides

Number in DED : 4075

Proto-South Dravidian : *Pāg-

Meaning : elephant driver

Tamil : pākan_

Tamil meaning : elephant driver, charioteer, horseman, rider

Tamil derivates : pāku id., art, ability

Malayalam : pākan, pāvan

Malayalam meaning : an elephant instructor

Malayalam derivates : pāvu all that an elephant has to learn in training him

Number in DED : 4046

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāgal-

Meaning : balsam pear

Tamil : pākal, pāval

Tamil meaning : balsam pear, Momordica charantia

Malayalam : pāval

Malayalam meaning : balsam pear, Momordica charantia

Kannada : hāgal, hāgala

Kannada meaning : balsam pear, Momordica charantia

Number in DED : 4045

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāɣ-

Meaning : to beat

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : pāy

Kannada meaning : to butt, gore, knock against

Tulu : hākuni

Tulu meaning : to beat, strike

Number in DED : 4044

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāj-

Meaning : to jump, leap

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pāy (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to spring, leap, gallop, flow or gush out (blood or stream), plunge, dive, attack, pounce on, run, fly, flit, hurry, flee; plunge into, penetrate, rush against

Tamil derivates : pāyccal, pāccal bounding, jump, torrent, butting, piercing; pāyccu (pāycci-), pāyttu (pāytti-) to lead or conduct water, irrigate, push over, upset, plunge into, cause to enter; n. throw (as of dice), plunging, spring, leap; (Tinn.) pācanam irrigation; pāyttuḷ spring, leap; pāvu (pāvi-) to leap or jump over

Malayalam : pāyuka

Malayalam meaning : to run against (as bulls), leap, rush out, flee

Malayalam derivates : pāykkuka to cause to run, drive off; pāccuka to cause to flow, thrust in; pāccal running, leap, assault, flight

Kannada : pāy

Kannada meaning : to jump over, step over, cross, jump, leap, leap against, assault, step, advance, go; n. going, course, manner

Kannada derivates : pādi, hādi road

Kodagu : pāy- (pāyuv-, pāñj-)

Kodagu meaning : to dash into

Kodagu derivates : (Shanmugam) pāyp, pāyv dashing

Tulu : hāyuni

Tulu meaning : to cross, ford

Proto-Nilgiri : *pāg-

Number in DED : 4087

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāk-

Meaning : a name of caste

Tamil : pākkam

Tamil meaning : seaside village, town, village

Malayalam : pākkanār

Malayalam meaning : n. of a famous low-caste sage

Kannada : pāka-nāḍu jōgi

Kannada meaning : a kind of Śudra beggars

Number in DED : 4047

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāk-

Meaning : areca nut

Tamil : pākku

Tamil meaning : areca nut, areca palm

Tamil derivates : pāku areca nut; pākku-veṭṭi crackers for slicing areca nuts

Malayalam : pākku

Malayalam meaning : a raw areca nut

Malayalam derivates : pākku-veṭṭi betel-knife

Tulu : pākuṭṭi

Tulu meaning : knife for cutting betel nuts

Number in DED : 4048

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāk-

Meaning : bag

Tamil : pakku

Tamil meaning : bag

Malayalam : pākku

Malayalam meaning : bag

Kodagu : pākkɨ

Kodagu meaning : bag (in songs)

Notes : Irregular vowel shortness in Tamil.

Number in DED : 4049

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāl-

Meaning : milk

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pāl

Tamil meaning : milk, milky juice of plants, fruits, etc.

Malayalam : pāl

Malayalam meaning : milk, vegetable milk

Kannada : pāl

Kannada meaning : milk, white juice of some plants, juice of sugar-cane or of coconut

Kodagu : pālɨ

Kodagu meaning : milk

Kodagu derivates : pākutti milking pot

Tulu : pērụ

Tulu meaning : milk, coconut juice, milky juice of plants

Proto-Nilgiri : *pāl_

Notes : A highly dialectal form in Tulu.

Number in DED : 4096

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāl-

Meaning : part, portion

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pāl

Tamil meaning : part, portion, share, section, dividing

Tamil derivates : pān_mai portion, share; nature

Malayalam : pāl

Malayalam meaning : part

Kannada : pāl

Kannada meaning : division, part, portion, share

Kodagu : pālɨ māḍ-

Kodagu meaning : to divide, distribute

Tulu : pālụ

Tulu meaning : share, portion, part, division

Proto-Nilgiri : *pāl-

Number in DED : 4097

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāḷ-

Meaning : ingot

Tamil : pāḷam

Tamil meaning : metal cast in moulds

Malayalam : pāḷam

Malayalam meaning : ingot

Malayalam derivates : (?) vāḷam ingot, bar of gold or iron; a hammer for the chisel

Kannada : pāḷa

Kannada meaning : ingot of gold or silver

Number in DED : 4114

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāl-ai

Meaning : ape-flower; a k. of tree

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pālai

Tamil meaning : silvery-leaved ape-flower, Mimusops kauki; seven-leaved milk-plant, Alstonia scholaris

Malayalam : pāla

Malayalam meaning : Echites scholaris, and various trees, including Mimusops kauki

Kannada : pāle

Kannada meaning : Mimusops kauki Lin.; Alstonia scholaris R. Br.

Tulu : pālè, pālembu

Tulu meaning : Alstonia scholaris

Proto-Nilgiri : *pāl_-ä

Number in DED : 4100

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāl-ai

Meaning : blue jay

Tamil : pālai-kkuruvi

Tamil meaning : a species of bird

Kannada : pāle

Kannada meaning : the blue jay

Number in DED : 4101

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāḷ-ai

Meaning : spathe of palm

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pāḷai

Tamil meaning : spathe of palms

Malayalam : pāḷa

Malayalam meaning : spathe of palms, bark or film of an areca branch (used as vessel for gathering toddy, as hat)

Malayalam derivates : (?) pāṇu spatha of a coconut bunch

Kannada : hāḷe, hāḷi

Kannada meaning : broad spathe at the bottom of an areca-palm branch, used as a vessel, etc.

Kannada derivates : (K2) pāḷe the outer covering of the areca nut flowers

Tulu : pāḷè, pālè, pālembu

Tulu meaning : spatha of palm blossoms or of an areca branch, cap made of areca spatha

Miscellaneous : KOR (M) hāḷe spathe of areca nut tree

Number in DED : 4116

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāḷai-

Meaning : army

Tamil : pāḷaiyam

Tamil meaning : army, war-camp, village surrounded by hillocks

Malayalam : pāḷayam

Malayalam meaning : camp, army

Kannada : pāḷeya, pālya, pālye

Kannada meaning : camp, settlement, hamlet

Tulu : pāḷya, pāḷyè

Tulu meaning : army, halting place

Number in DED : 4117