Malayalam meaning :way, road, path, succession and the way you came, backwards, manner, means, usage, custom
Kannada :baẓi
Kannada meaning :way, road, place, spot; way, mode, order, regularity, proper course, right behaviour, race, lineage, passing on, following, later or succeeding time, after, afterwards, further, and, a gift, present
Kannada derivates :baẓika after, afterwards, further, and
Kodagu :bay pō- (?)
Kodagu meaning :to wander aimlessly
Kodagu derivates :bayya behind; bayyañji after some time
Malayalam meaning :sweet flag, Acorus calamus; orris root
Kannada :baji, baje, vace, vaje
Kannada meaning :Acorus calamus
Tulu :bajè
Tulu meaning :Acorus calamus
Notes :There are some problems with this root: Mal. -y- might be dialectal, but Tamil payampu, with an initial voiceless, is strange, and Kannada vace, vaje can only be borrowed from Telugu vaca.
Tamil meaning :to wither, fade, dry up, be emaciated, become weak, pine away, turn pale, be defeated, perish, be removed, diminish, decrease, fall short in weight; n. faded flower
Tamil derivates :vāṭṭu (vāṭṭi-) to cause to wither or fade, dry, scorch, roast, vex, afflict, mortify, injure, destroy, wash as cloth; n. affliction; vāṭṭam fading, withering, dryness, leanness, trouble, distress; vāṭṭaravu weariness, fatigue, withering, fading
Malayalam :vāṭuka
Malayalam meaning :to become lean, fade, wither, pine away, lose colour
Malayalam derivates :vāṭikka to cause to wither, dry; vāṭṭam decay, withered state; vāṭṭuka to cause to dry or wither
Kannada :bāḍu
Kannada meaning :to wither, fade as flowers, die away as shrubs, etc., grow dry as wounds, grow weary or languid, become weak and feeble, pine away, lose colour, be dispirited, downcast or sad
Kannada derivates :bāḍisu to cause to fade
Kodagu :bāḍ- (bāḍi-)
Kodagu meaning :to fade, wither, (face) is downcast
Notes :Kannada bāsuṛ and der., and Tulu basūla may belong otherwise.
Number in DED :5350
Proto-South Dravidian :*vāj-
Meaning :to succeed; to agree
Tamil :vāy (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning :to succeed, be gained, happen with certainty, come true, be fit or suitable, excel, surpass, obtain, possess, consent to, agree
Tamil derivates :(-pp-, -tt-) to succeed, be gained, happen with certainty, come true, be fit or suitable, excel, surpass, be appropriately situated or formed; n. truth, excellence; vāyppu favourable circumstance, good chance or opportunity, that which is appropriately formed or situated, fitness, suitability, beauty, surpassing excellence; vāymai truth
Notes :Probably two roots with unclear structure (cf. Tel. vaŋka, vā̃ka).
Number in DED :5208
Proto-South Dravidian :*vāl-
Meaning :white, pure
Tamil :vāl
Tamil meaning :whiteness, purity, goodness
Tamil derivates :vālāmai uncleanness, impurity, ceremonial impurity or pollution, menstrual impurity; vālitu that which is pure, that which is white, that which is good or excellent; vāliyan_ holy person; vāliyōn_ Balarama as white in colour; vālai purity; mercury; vān_mai purity, whiteness
Malayalam :vāl
Malayalam meaning :purity
Malayalam derivates :vālāyma impurity of women and cows after birth, etc.
