South Dravidian etymology : Query result

Proto-South Dravidian : *ā(n)ḍVl-

Meaning : a k. of bird of prey

Tamil : āṇṭalai (?)

Tamil meaning : fabulous bird of prey with a head like a man's

Kannada : āḍēlu

Kannada meaning : night hawk, screech owl; Turdus ginginianus

Number in DED : 0349

Proto-South Dravidian : *āṇ-i

Meaning : excellence, superiority

Tamil : āṇi

Tamil meaning : excellence, superiority

Tamil derivates : āṇi-ppon_ gold of the finest quality; āṇi-muttu pearl of the finest quality

Malayalam : āṇikkaram

Malayalam meaning : the choicest of any thing

Malayalam derivates : āṇi-pponnu finest gold

Kannada : āṇi

Kannada meaning : excellence, superiority, preciousness

Kannada derivates : āṇi-pon gold of the first quality

Number in DED : 0354

Proto-South Dravidian : *āŋ-

Meaning : to obstruct; wedge

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : āppu

Tamil meaning : wedge used in splitting wood, peg, stake

Malayalam : āppu

Malayalam meaning : wedge, plug, what stops a crevice

Malayalam derivates : āppu, āppam wad of gum

Kannada : āpu

Kannada meaning : restraint, stoppage

Kannada derivates : aŋke an order, command, control, restraint; (PBh.) āŋke opposition; (Hav.) āpu a peg

Tulu : āŋkè

Tulu meaning : force, compulsion, power, control, support

Proto-Nilgiri : *ā-p

Notes : The derivative *āp- < *āŋ-p- goes back to PSDR, obviously.

Number in DED : 0340

Proto-South Dravidian : *ā̆pa-

Meaning : cake

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : appam, āppam

Tamil meaning : round cake of rice flour and sugar fried in ghee, thin cake, wafer, bread

Tamil derivates : appacci sweetmeat (nursery)

Malayalam : appam, āppam

Malayalam meaning : fried cake, wafer, bread

Kannada : appa

Kannada meaning : rice cake

Kannada derivates : appacci a cake (term used by children)

Tulu : appa

Tulu meaning : a kind of cake fried or baked

Proto-Nilgiri : *ap

Number in DED : 0155

Proto-South Dravidian : *ār-

Meaning : to shout

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ār (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to shout, roar, bellow; slander, vilify

Tamil derivates : ārppu loud, tumultuous noise, laughter, joy; āravāram loud noise, shouting, roaring, bustle; āravāri (-pp-, -tt-) to roar, shout; āri (-pp-, -tt-) to sound; ārppāṭam uproar, loud, cry, boisterous behaviour; arar_r_u (arar_r_i-) to lament, cry, bewail, shout with excitement, sound; n. lamentation; arar_r_al twang of the string of a lute

Malayalam : ārkkuka (ārttu)

Malayalam meaning : to cry aloud, roar, shout

Malayalam derivates : ārppikka to make to shout; ārppu shout, noise, cry, roaring; āravāram clamorous multitude

Kannada : ār (ārd-), ārcu, ācu

Kannada meaning : to cry aloud

Kannada derivates : āraḍi publicity, report, infamy, scandal; āravāra a great outcry, bawling; ārbu, ārpu, ārubu, āruha, ārbaṭa, ārbāṭa crying aloud, etc.; ārbaṭisu, arbisu to cry aloud, roar; arbu crying; abbara, abbaraṇe a loud cry, noise, sound; abbarisu to cry aloud, whoop, bark, howl

Kodagu : ara- (arap-, arand-)

Kodagu meaning : to make loud hoarse noise, moo

Tulu : ārkuni

Tulu meaning : to cry out, shout

Tulu derivates : ārbaṭa, arbhaṭa, ārbhaṭe fearful noise, uproar, a joyful cry, triumph; arabāyi, arabai violent clamour, crying aloud, lamentation; araṭuni to make a grating noise, interrupt, blab; ara-giṇi a talking parrot; abbara, abbaraṇè sound, noise, cry

Proto-Nilgiri : *ār-

Number in DED : 0367

Proto-South Dravidian : *ār-

Meaning : full; stout; satisfied

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ār (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to become full, spread over, be satisfied, eat, drink; n. fullness, completeness

Tamil derivates : ārttu (ārtti-) to fill, complete, feed; ārvu fullness, abundance, eating and drinking; āra fully, abundantly; aruntu (arunti-) to eat, drink, experience; aruttu (arutti-) to feed, cause to experience; ari (-pp-, -tt-) to feed, browse, eat away

Malayalam : āruka

Malayalam meaning : chiefly the inf. āra richly, satisfactorily

Kannada : ār

Kannada meaning : to be united, abound, be filled, teem

Kannada derivates : āra to the full of; āru fullness, abundance; to the full of, fully

Tulu : āruni

Tulu meaning : to distend, grow stout

Tulu derivates : āruṇe contentment, satisfaction

Number in DED : 0368

Proto-South Dravidian : *ār-

Meaning : to wear, put on

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ār (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to wear, put on

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to bind, tie, gird, put on, wear; ārppu tie, bondage

Malayalam : āruka

Malayalam meaning : to put on (as clothes or jewels)

Tulu : arkalụ, arkaḷụ, (B-K.) arkaṭụ

Tulu meaning : a knot, tie

Number in DED : 0369

Proto-South Dravidian : *ār-

Meaning : to fight

Tamil : ār (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to fight, make war

Tamil derivates : ārppu battle

Number in DED : 0370

Proto-South Dravidian : *ār-

Meaning : sharpness; splinter

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ār

Tamil meaning : sharpness, pointedness

Tamil derivates : ārmai keenness, sharpness

Malayalam : ār

Malayalam meaning : chip, splinter (as of bamboo)

Malayalam derivates : āru splinter, needle-like splinter in the stem of coconut tree and other palm trees

Number in DED : 0371

Proto-South Dravidian : *ār-

Meaning : Bauhinia tree

Tamil : ār, āram, ārai, ārcci, (DCV) ārtti

Tamil meaning : common mountain ebony, Bauhinia racemosa

Malayalam : ār

Malayalam meaning : Bauhinia tree

Kannada : āre

Kannada meaning : B. racemosa Lin.

Number in DED : 0372

Proto-South Dravidian : *ār-

Meaning : to jump

Proto-Nilgiri : *ār-

Number in DED : 0373

Proto-South Dravidian : *ār-

Meaning : a k. of aquatic plant

Tamil : ārai

Tamil meaning : aquatic cryptogamous plant, Marsilia minuta coromandelica

Malayalam : āral

Malayalam meaning : Marsilea quadrifolia

Number in DED : 0380

Proto-South Dravidian : *ā̆r-

Meaning : love

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ārvam

Tamil meaning : affection, love, desire, hankering, devotion

Tamil derivates : ārvalan_ lover; ārvu desire

Malayalam : ārōmal

Malayalam meaning : darling; pleasantly, happily

Malayalam derivates : (Tiyya) ārti greed

Kannada : arume, arame

Kannada meaning : love, affection, a kiss, a fickle or libidinous state of being

Kannada derivates : abbara desire, craving; abbarisu to desire

Tulu : arti

Tulu meaning : fondness (or with DEDR 281)

Number in DED : 0381

Proto-South Dravidian : *āral-

Meaning : a k. of fish

Tamil : āral

Tamil meaning : brownish or greenish sand-eel, Rhynchobdella aculeata

Tamil derivates : ārāl id.; rich brown thorny-backed eel, Mastacembalus armatus

Malayalam : āral, ārōn

Malayalam meaning : eel, Clitoria ternatea

Tulu : āroḷụ-mīnụ

Tulu meaning : a kind of fish

Number in DED : 0375

Proto-South Dravidian : *āral-

Meaning : fire

Tamil : āral

Tamil meaning : fire (lex.)

Malayalam : āral

Malayalam meaning : (DCV, ML) fire

Number in DED : 0376

Proto-South Dravidian : *ārāj-

Meaning : to think, observe, examine

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ārāy (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to investigate, examine, consider, seek

Tamil derivates : ārāycci research, investigation

Malayalam : ārāyka

Malayalam meaning : to seek, examine

Malayalam derivates : ārācca, ārācci, ārāycci, ārāẓcca, ārāẓcci search, examination, investigation

Kannada : āray, ārayu, ārayyu

Kannada meaning : to search, investigate, take care of, ponder

Kannada derivates : ārayisu, āraysu to look for, look to, desire; ārayike, ārayke searching, observing; āre taking care of, etc.; ārekār_a a man who fosters; ? ārisu to collect, gather, pick out, select

Tulu : āraisuni

Tulu meaning : to expect, look for, desire

Tulu derivates : āraikè, ārēkti care of, nourishing, protection

Proto-Nilgiri : *ārj-

Number in DED : 0377

Proto-South Dravidian : *ā̆rā̆ndal-

Meaning : tender wild jack

Tamil : arāntal

Tamil meaning : (DCV) tender wild jack [i.e. tree or fruit]

Malayalam : ārantal

Malayalam meaning : (DCV) tender wild jack

Notes : An obscure Tamil-Malayalam isogloss with irregular correspondences, attested only in the Dravidian Comparative Vocabulary of 1959.

Number in DED : 0208

Proto-South Dravidian : *ār-āṭ-

Meaning : to lull to sleep

Tamil : ār-āṭṭu (-āṭṭi-)

Tamil meaning : to lull to sleep

Tamil derivates : ōr-āṭṭu to lull, lullaby

Malayalam : ār-āṭṭuka, ār-āṭikka

Malayalam meaning : to soothe or lull a child to sleep

Number in DED : 0374

Proto-South Dravidian : *ār-i-

Meaning : hail

Kannada : āri-kal, āri-varal (< paral), āre-kal

Kannada meaning : hailstone

Kodagu : āri-kāy

Kodagu meaning : hailstone

Proto-Nilgiri : *ā̆r-kal

Number in DED : 0378

Proto-South Dravidian : *ārik-

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kannada : ārike

Kannada meaning : the Indian millet, Panicum italicum

Kannada derivates : hāraka, hāraku Paspalum scrobiculatum Lin.

Number in DED : 0379